Painting Panda by Schildkamp Theo | Painting Illustrative Mixed Portrait

A Dutch illustrator and painter, Theo was educated at the Academy of Fine Arts in Arnhem where he followed a course dedicated to design, painting and art history. Graduated in 1974, he worked as an illustrator, author and designer-presenter of radio and television programmes. At the same time, he gave lessons devoted to the knowledge of fine arts and art history. In 2001, Theo moved to the south of France to set up in the Gard region where he opened his studio. A highly talented prolific designer, Theo has however made an effort to produce more and more paintings since 2010. For ten years, Theo has developed a more personal work, free from the demands and wishes of customers, where the female figure has taken a preponderant position at the detriment to illustrations of the world and the natural surroundings.