Who's Michael Mantz ?
荷兰大画家 A Spiritualistic Painter from The Netherlands
Title : On the way up an unexpected appearance.
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TITLE : ON THE WAY UP AN UNEXPECTED APPEARANCE - Mantz sensed that he wanted to portray this cave-like scene as the difficult way that people had to go up to the light. Unexpectedly, after about only two weeks of the painting’s completion, Mantz discovered an amazing appearance that incidentally occurred to the painting, which he calls as a “miracle made for (him)”. According to Mantz, “When I discovered this appearance, my first feeling was that I can pray for it, and the idea is that I see this miracle as a sign of blessing to continue with painting.”.
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Michael Mantz is a spiritualistic painter and a lawyer by profession. He was born on the 30th of August, 1953, in Hilversum, The Netherlands.
At 7 years old, Mantz got his first painting lessons from Albert Robbe, who got his inspirations from Salvador Dali, and continued his painting lessons with two other painters afterwards.
With his oil painting of a Dutch Windmill, Mantz- at the age of 14 years old- was already allowed to participate in an exhibition featuring all professional artists of the Erfgooiers Group in Hilversum.
As time went on and his life got busier, he had less time to create new pieces; however, his passion for the canvas arts remained. Mantz was honoured to meet Salvador Dali three times in his house in Port Lligat, Spain. During Dali’s first visit in 1973, he made a drawing with his signature special for Michael.
During that period, Mantz has become more focused on the music industry. He performed, specialising in gypsy music, with some of the best international musicians. In 2002, Mantz took up painting again, but after producing only two oil paintings he was not able to create the right circumstances to get the right inspiration. His profession as a criminal lawyer in The Hague, his music and his other activities distracted him from painting. According to Mantz, “Sometimes you need unexpected changes in life to get new opportunities in life to live the life you like to live”.
It was only in 2015 that he revisited his old passion once more, and he has since become much more satisfied with his recent paintings. While painting, Mantz got the feeling that he relives the roots of his spiritual life from his youth combined with his ever-growing life experiences. The overwhelming positive feedback from his many supporters encourages him to continue. Mantz knows he is “on the right track, and is excited and inspired to produce many more paintings in future”.
Title : The 5 Elements in Colours
This 50 x 80cm
oil on canvas He experimented with clouds and air in this piece, as well as
incorporated the 5 elements of the universe into it. Yellow earth, green wood,
red fire, black air and white metal are some of the elements seen in this
painting, as well as some humanoid figures standing around the fire. Michael’s
wife Princess Becky liked this painting so it already given to her
Title : Stairway to Heaven
This mystifying 40
x 60 cm oil painting portrays a surreal stairway to heaven, where the path to
enlightenment is brightly lit against the dark sky. Upon closer inspection,
miniscule figures can be seen standing and sitting upon the steps of the
stairway, ascending upwards.
Title : On the way to Buddha
This 65x85cm oil on canvas presents Mantz’s
idea of the Buddha. The Buddha, placed in the horizon, on top of energy and seems
to be massive and exerts large amounts of spiritual energy. Closer on the spectral
grounds are a few people looking for inner peace, who are minute
compared to the sky, land, and the spiritualism of the Buddha.
More of Michael Mantz's collection can be found at www.michael-mantz.com
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