Frans Mandigers was born in 1957 in Eindhoven, The Netherlands. Since his childhood, drawing and painting have been daily activities. Not a single day has passed without picking up a pencil or a brush.
His grandfather was a painter who supplemented his income by painting religious themes for churches. The love of music was passed down from his mother's side, as he often drew inspiration while painting from the music of
Ray Charles, Fats Domino, Buddy Holly, Elvis and Dave Brubeck.
Frans received a
degree in the fine arts and during study became fascinated by expressing action and movement in his work.
This fascination is reflected in several of his sports paintings.
His work directs him not to teaching at school, but in 1984 he starts
working as an illustrator at an advertising-company. Here he develops
concentration, speed, all sorts of graphic techniques and styles. In 1986
he becomes a freelance illustrator and works for 15 years in a cooperative
freelance studio, together with ten of the best graphic designers and
illustrators in the south of The Netherlands. Commercial work is mixed with
model-drawing sessions and free work. In those years Frans makes a lot of
portraits an paintings, from realistic to abstract styles. In the year 2000
he starts his own Mandigers Art Studio and he works on creative concepts
and designs for all kind of companies and on his paintings. His love and
fascination for jazz- and blues-music, in combination with his passion for
expressing action and movement come forward in his latest work. He takes
full advantage of his more than 30 years of experience in techniques,
styles and color.
"What moves the musician" getting translated in form and color is the theme
in his work.
You can reach Frans via email at fman@iae.nl.
All paintings copyright © Frans Mandiger. All Rights Reserved.
