The motorsports art of Dutch artist Toon Nagtegaal von Adam's World

Toon Nagtegaal was born in 1977 and lives and works in Tiel (Gelderland), in the middle of Holland.He has a passion for painting and motorsports. The two are united in his work. Education As a child he drew piles of papers full of knights and castles. At a young age he received drawing lessons from a visual artist. That was very fun and educational. During the lessons at primary and secondary school he has chalked a lot of notebooks full of drawings and comics. It was actually self-evident that the next step would be the art academy. In 1999 he completed his education at the Amsterdam School of the Arts. At the time, Formula 1 was already the main subject of his paintings. In 1999 he won the Shell public award with a painting of Eddie Irvine in his Ferrari. At the art academy, however, all pleasure in drawing and painting has disappeared and he has not touched a pencil for about 15 years. For a number of years he has been painting intensively and with more pleasure than ever. “In the early 90s I saw a Formula 1 race on TV somewhere from the corner of my eye. I saw Formula 1 cars crashing through a tunnel with monstrous speeds and noise (Monaco). From that moment I was sold. I watched all free practice sessions, qualifications, warm-ups and races at Eurosport and usually also a number of repetitions. I found it incomprehensible how fast the drivers dared and could drive. And then wheel to wheel through the curves too. Moreover, the cars were beautiful to see.

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