Botas:  Botas is an artist from Drachten (Holland). He was born in 1970. As a little boy he was always drawing in his school books, instead of learning from them. Botas his background is the ´University of life´ in which he selected the direction ´Free art´. He uses a variety of materials and techniques, but in his paintings he uses mostly acrylic paint and ink. The art of Botas always has a story to tell. The paintings he makes, come from his daily life. Just by living it, he gets his ideas. His paintings always look cheerful, even if they involve a sad or serious subject. Every time he proves that cheerful and serious go very well together. He believes that you can make something positive from every situation. Everything has a positive site, although it may not seem like it. For him it’s a challenge to show that this is possible. That’s one of the reasons why he uses prominent colours. It must not be too vague or misty. For him art may burst from the wall. A goal in my life is thrue art writing my biographic book. A book with lot’s of tips about life and how I look at it. I’m not here to make people angry, mad or sad, I’m just trying to support people in there life’s by just letting them look at it in a different way. Most artist become understand and famous when they’re dead; someone will take there book from a shelf and blow the dust away. Then they try to explain the riddles the artist has left behind. My goal in life is, to tell people about my art and read it aloud to them, chapter by chapter. That to me is the only way to pick up a stone from the river of life and put it on another spot, so the way the river flows changes a little bit and hopefully for the best. (c) Botas-art 2010