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Dutch artist Gerard Verdijk noticed in a visit to New Mexico in 1991 how native American symbols corresponded strongly to Celtic symbols from Europe. He was fascinated by the fact that so vastly different and distant cultures used these similar shapes; a defining moment in his artistic practice. His late paintings show a great restraint in minimalist compositions, yet they are filled with layered and sensuous color fields that fill the voids around solid objects and shapes, which - in turn - are often inspired by these ancient cultures Verdijk encountered during his travels. Verdijk during …