Freek van der Hoeve paints from his studio in Oud-Zuilen, Utrecht, the Netherland and his work consists of strikingly colorful canvases. The starting point of his work is often a person. Because of this image with different colors , shapes and surfaces to put on the canvas , he creates a new reality. By comparing the color against a more neutral background should stand a painting in the first place especially . " When viewing a picture one should forget what it represents ." This quote by Henri Matisse Freek van der Hoeve fully supports and gives good at what Freek aims in his work , creating a new reality.