Antoon

Unique sustainable portrait of Antoon hand-painted with paint residue on waste wood

Valentijn Antoon Remmert Verkerk, known as Antoon (Hoorn, February 11, 2002), is a Dutch singer, rapper and producer. He grew up in the North Holland town of Midwoud. His career started at an early age. When he was 15, he dropped out of high school and then was accepted as the youngest candidate at the Herman Brood Academy, where he met one of the teachers Big2 (The Opposites). Verkerk gained name recognition after his single Hyperventilation went viral on the social media app TikTok. This song later became a platinum hit. His new style came to the attention of a wider audience. He has written and produced songs with artists such as Maan, Paul Sinha and Kris Kross Amsterdam. His first album was De nacht is van ons, which included an EP of Heilig water. Verkerk released the EP Hello in March 2022.

This artwork is offered by hou2use

Unique, affordable and personalized art, portraits and gifts on preferably old, used or discarded wood.

We are Gerhard van Dijkhuizen and Colet Scheper. Together we came up with the concept hou2use. Based on a photo we invent, design and create unique, personal and affordable art on wood. We strongly believe in sustainability and therefore we prefer to make portraits of people or (domestic) animals on used or discarded wood.

We love most art on commission. We then conceive and create, together with you and especially for you, a custom-made work of art or portrait on wood.

Thanks to our special collaboration with Werk aan de Muur, you can also reproduce our unique work in virtually any format and on virtually any material!

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