I discovered Marius van Dokkum in a postcard shop, between mountains of ‘happy birthday’ and ‘get well soon’ cards. I found out later that Dokkum’s cards were made after his paintings.
They speak for themselves I think, so take a look below. I couldn’t find much information about Dokkum, what I can tell you is that he’s Dutch, he paints and illustrates and that he lives in a place called Ugchelen, in the middle of the Netherlands.
For more, you can check Marius van Dokkum‘s website, focus on the ‘general subjects’ category.
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