Sculptures In The Gallery
Come to experience the beautifully captivating sculptures that are in the gallery, Maarten is known worldwide for his love of sculpting elements of the natural world. That love has become a recurring theme for his original sculptures all with incredible finishes and textures. Maarten lives in his oceanfront home, studio, gallery, and sculpture garden overlooking Haro Strait in Victoria BC.
Maarten’s Art Gallery is open for viewing year round
by appointment only.
Original Energy of Inspiration
All sculptures are original creations by Maarten. The original energy of inspiration remains in each work of art. Unique fine art for interior or exterior design with commissions excepted. Three-dimensional subtractive sculptures in many types of stone and wood. His Public Art Installations can be seen in locations around Victoria.
Seeing is believing, touching is transforming.
Surrender to your temptations
come to the Gallery and
touch the magic.
Image Gallery
The sculptures on this page are a small sample of the breathtakingly creative realization of Maarten’s artistic vision. Sculpting elements of the natural world with amazing flowing details is Maarten’s art. In the image gallery view the sculptures of Eagles, Touchstones, Shells, Whale Tails, Dolphins and more.
The very best way to appreciate his unique style is to see the gallery in person.
For a look at some of the currently available art in the gallery check these links, Stone Sculptures, Wood Sculptures, and Painted Relief Sculptures.
Eagle Sculptures
Maarten’s Eagle Sculptures are realistic interpretive pieces of the flowing natural world, made from various materials these fine pieces of art have the most incredible finishes and beautiful details. The eagles are majestic sculptures.
Follow these links to see the other Stone Sculptures and Wood Sculptures in the gallery.
Touchstone Sculptures
The touchstones are fine pieces of art made to be touched and held, these are small smooth and delightfully happy to hold. The touchstones don’t have a base making them better to fondle. Small, but detailed, these sculptures are approximately 10-15 CM tall. Follow these links to see the other Stone Sculptures and Wood Sculptures in the gallery.
Shell Sculptures
The shell sculptures are fabulous elements from the natural world, made from various materials these fine pieces of art have the most incredible finishes and beautiful details. These sculptures are approximately 15-18 CM tall.
See more of Maarten’s Stone Sculptures and Wood Sculptures in the gallery.
Whale Tail Sculptures
The whales tails sculptures are another example of Maarten’s creative vision, sculpting elements of the natural world. The various whale tail sculptures can be any size from small, 20 CM in height to colossal sculptures nearly 3 Meters tall. One of Maarten’s Public Art Installations is a stylized marble whale’s tail at Upper Harbour Place, Tyee Rd. Maarten’s stone sculptures and wood sculptures are breathtaking.
Dolphin Sculptures
Maarten’s Dolphins Sculptures are realistic interpretive pieces of the flowing natural world, made from various materials these fine pieces of art have the most incredible finishes and beautiful details. See more of Maarten’s Stone Sculptures and Wood Sculptures in the gallery.
Relief Sculptures
Carved paintings or Relief Sculptures are in brilliant colours of gold, bronze, and silver paint. Natural wood pieces are truly unique with organic lines of coloured grain in the wood. The Doorways to Spirit have symbols that are in gold leaf and silver leaf and are a large, colourful, architectural construction of 16 full-size doors hinged together to form a circle, each depicting a different facet of the collective spiritual journey humans take. See other the Relief Sculptures in the gallery.
University of Victoria
Delicate Balance, a yellow cedar and jelutong sculpture of a hand holding up a Sei whale. The basswood, alder and marble sculpture named Heartless, came to Schaddelee in a dream. Read the article from UVIC, Delicate Balance and Heartless
Maarten has been honoured by People’s Choice Awards
Peace and harmony are strong recurring themes in Maarten’s expression. His work has been chosen to recognize people and places in Canada and abroad.
Maarten has been honoured by People’s Choice Awards and continues to receive local and international attention for the freedom and fluidity his work imparts. His sculptures have been chosen for Sister Cities Suzhou, China, Morioka, Japan and Khabarovsk, Russia.
Video Interviews
The interviews below show Maarten and some of his amazing artistic achievements.
If you like to view or purchase any art or to arrange an appointment for a showing please call or text (250) 415-0611 or call (250) 477-1651 and or contact us through email. Directions to the gallery are shown here.