The workshop/atelier/gallerie Hoedie is the spot where the creator/artist Marcellus Hoedemaker called Hoedy/Hoedie/Hoody has found himself at home in the little village of Vence.
Hoedie was born in Amsterdam on the 24th of august 1960 where upon he explored, during his first 9 years, the many fields of apple trees which surrounded the city of Utrecht . There nature, with all his colors and facets, has left behind a permanent impression.
As a child of an artistic mother he made an early start with designing and has been developing it in the course of years. The death of his mother brought about that he moved to Switzerland The great mountain space, the changes of the seasons and wild nature have joined themselves here beside his impressions of the flat landscape of the Netherlands.
By his return to Amsterdam, the sport and students live as well as the real way of live, especially in business, took up his participation. As a son of a race merchant he therefore ended up, after some rotations, in the world of real estate. Art has however always played up. After he took over the agency in 1997, where he had to put in the full 100% working spirit, he nevertheless put himself to follow painting lessons. For him a logical choice to take care that one remains open minded and not lost in work. During the next three years he took lessons, with a good friend, of the renowned artist Bert van Zelm. A inspirator pure sang. Now resident in Barcelona and still exposing.
In advance and during these years he painted mainly in the parental house in Vence at the Côte d’Azur where he took possession of the splendor of colors and its famous blue sky. For this reason you find nature and its fresh colors as an important element. Playing with nature and colors a must. Creating ideas a constant eruption.
Many therefore recognize a combination of Van Gogh, Matisse, Renoir and Chagall completed with the current modern artists of present. Inspiring for its work as creator are names such as Niki the Saint Phalle, Yves Klein but also Claude Vaillat or Manolo Valdes.
The work shop is been situated in the old monumental centre of Vence at the Côte d’Azur. Here you find beside some galleries, in comparison to Saint Paul de Vence, many workshops/ateliers of practicing artists.
10, Rue Gambetta, Vence, France