My Story

Edwin IJpeij – Artist. Inventor. Alchemist of Silenced Power.

On a cold January day in 2016, I walked away from twenty years in science. I was a successful chemist and inventor at a global multinational; until I realized I wasn’t inventing the right things. I wasn’t free.

That day wasn’t an exit.
It was a transformation.

I traded lab coats for oil, pigment, and egg tempera. My laboratorio was born – a space where I could fuse the precision of science with the wild honesty of art.

Raised in a world where sensuality was taboo, I now use old master techniques to paint what history tried to erase: the sovereign, sensual power of the female form. Not as object – but as embodiment. Not for provocation – but liberation.

My work is hyperreal and unapologetic. Rooted in the legacy of Van Eyck and da Vinci, yet turned toward what they were never allowed to paint.

This is not safe art.
But it is honest.

Through both painting and photography, I explore what it means to be free, to be fully human, and to be seen without shame. I believe art should challenge, reveal, and liberate.

If that resonates with you, you’re invited.
To feel. To think. To look closer.

Welcome to my world; where alchemy turns silence into power.

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