Kay Weijtens (1981) was fascinated by art at young age. In his early days he already had a huge motivation to express feelings and thoughts in paintings. During this period, he spent a lot of time in the woods. Hours on end, he observed birds in there natural habitat. At home he painted the birds that he had seen in his own way. Just copying was never intended. The birds he paints, are a symbolic for liberty and freedom for your own choices. These are constantly recurring themes in the work of Weijtens. Even now after 25 years, he regularly paints “Free Birds” (Vrije Vogels).
In his teen years Weijtens began working on the streets. A couple of years he spent making art in public spaces. This was a fairly exciting and inspiring period in which he tried to bring color into the gloomy corners of the city. Around 2002 he slowly began to shift his field of activity from the streets to the atelier. From that moment the place to exhibit was no longer a wall in the city, but an art gallery.
His work in a mixture of abstract, sometimes figurative, combined with a lot expression. Most paintings are painted with strong colors and heavy contrast. You can feel the energy bursting out of the canvas, wood or glass.
He gets his inspiration in everyday life, matters that affect him in a positive or negative way. All these emotions are getting displayed on a pure, rough and energetic way. Weijtens loves to work with oilpaint, industrial paint, crayon, spray cans and inks. Using different materials makes each painting unique with a story of it’s own. He constantly experiments with new techniques and media, creating a kind of evolution shown in his work throughout the years. Luckily his own style never got lost.