Ad Wouters
Ad Wouters (* in Dordrecht ) is a Dutch sculptor who lives in Belgium and works in the Leuven area . Wouters is known for his wooden sculptures , which he makes from dead oak trees and which can be freely observed in the forest and in the city of Leuven.
Life
Wouters was born in Dordrecht . From the age of 13 he worked in construction . At the age of 22 he went to Africa as a volunteer for the Belgian organization Bauorde . After this trip he moved to Haasrode in Belgium , where he restored buildings . In the 1990s he was unable to work due to an industrial accident. He then developed as an artist .
His works of art are on public display.
style
Wouters is Schnitzenen mostly of tree trunks or Rekuperationsmaterial in direct carving technique forth. He created his first carvings, De Bosprotter , on behalf of the forest ranger in Meerdaalwoud in 2000. Other recorded works are publicly available in Heverleebos , Meerdaalwoud, Heverlee , Oud-Heverlee , Blanden , Haasrode and Leuven . Wouters makes his works freely available and does not offer them for sale.
The following wood carvings by Wouters can be found along the path from Ad , which runs 25 km through the forest:
The conductor (2007)
The Neanderthal Man (2008)
bat
Ignatius (2008)
The Owl (2003)
The Bosprotter (2000)
Woodpecker (2005)
Vogel (2005)
Coprinus (2011)
Balu (2011)
Other works
The Moorenfresser 1999, bronze picture in the primary school in Haasrode
Sankt-Michael (2009), brass picture in the Sankt-Michielskirche (Leuven)
The Prophet (2012), wooden sculpture in Saint Donatus City Park, Leuven
Arum, wood carvings in the orangery of the Hortus Botanicus Lovaniensis
The Drowned One (2014), work of art between the Zoete Waters ponds in Oud-Heverlee
Nico (born July 28, 1986) was a motorcyclist from Oud-Heverlee who had a fatal accident in June 2009 on the Naamsesteenweg in Blanden
swell
- Hans Baeté, Mark De Bie, Martin Hermy and Paul Van den Bremt: Miradal . Erfgoed in Heverleebos en Meerdaalwoud. Ed .: Davidsfonds. Leuven 2009, ISBN 978-90-5826-624-8 , pp. 263 (Dutch).
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wouters, Ad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Dutch sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 20th century |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dordrecht |