Portfolio

Jimmy Groen, Tim  |   2026

SERIES: 'Without Madonna: Tim

Draws Back'

 in mixed medias on oil paint paper  30 x 40 cm

THE HOLY MADONNA WAS NOT SO HOLY FOR THE STATE

Peer oriented attachment in children's homes in the 60s as a blueprint for life

Jimmy Groen  | 2021-2024

SERIES: "Queer soft rebels"

Queer identity of boys

Pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm

Queer identity starts in childhood. In a series of portraits, iconic use of colors and symbols demonstrate the large diversity behind the  facade of the 'common child'

 Jimmy Groen,  Tim,  Alex | 2025-2026 

SERIES:"They are everywhere but nobody  knows who they are"

mixed medias on oil paint paper  28/30 x 40 cm

People, marginalized and voiceless  because of their gender or identity are everywhere, yet nobody knows their stories. Tim and Alex draw everyday scenes in which they appear.

Tim, Alex | 2021-present

 "The work of Tim and Alex"

Outlines/ figures in oil pastel by Tim, Alex;  Mixed  media by Jimmy

on paper 21 x 29 cm

Since 2021,Tim and Alex make work together with Jimmy, in a special category: mixed ages and mixed identity

 

Sven, Remi | 2025-present      EXPECTED

 "The work of Remi and Sven"

Outlines/ figures in oil pastel by Remi, Sven;  Mixed  media by Jimmy

on paper 21 x 29 cm

Since 2025/2026 ,Remi and Sven make work together with Jimmy, in a special category: mixed ages and mixed identity. Their work is direct and expressive and filled by Jimmy

 

Tim,   Alex | 2026- 

Tim and Alex XL drawings

Outlines by Tim, Alex with additional work of Sven and Rainbow Remi

on paper >150cm

First series :"We is what we are" by Tim, Alex, Sven, Rainbow Remi and Jimmy

The figures of Tim and Alex in big size! 

 

Tim,   Alex,  Jimmy | 2024- 

Tim and Alex and the landscape 

Drawings by Tim, Alex with additional work of Sven,  Rainbow Remi and Jimmy 30 X 40 CM

Tim and Alex think that Jimmy's landscape drawings are only truly finished when they have added their figures. So here they finish the work of Jimmy!

 

 

Jimmy Groen | 2023

SERIES: LEAVES 

INK/ PASTEL on paper 21 x 29 cm

Climate change, human influences: the leaves show us the impact of our actions. The trees become susceptible to disease. Leaves fallen in the summer of 2023, in ink and pastel

Jimmy Groen | 2021- 2025

BLACK HEART BOYS

 Drawings made in the background of the  unique identity of Tim and Alex. Various sizes and media.

 

Jimmy Groen | 2021- present

ILLUSTRATIONS FOR

DUTCH POET LENNART WILLEMS

Drawings created  by Jimmy in dialogue with the poetry of his friend, the poet Lennart Willems: outsider‑leaning, intuitive and close to the marginalized.

 

Jimmy Groen | 2023

SERIES: Classical boy portrait

Pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm

Portraits of young boys  based upon the classical world, telling their unique stories

Jimmy Groen | 2019-2025

 THE REALMS OF THE UNSEEN

An extensive private collection as a counter-archive: about 600 artworks, including 13 photographs from childhood and later life, documenting institutional betrayal.  Various media and dimensions.

Jimmy Groen | 2021

SERIES: Caricatures of emotions

pastel on paper 50 x 65 cm

Large drawings  on paper in pastel about emotions

Jimmy Groen | 2023-2024

ARAB WORLD

watercolor 20 x 30 cm

watercolor drawings  based upon the beautiful Arab world

Jimmy Groen | 1993-2018

destroyed work

Random work from the periods 1993-1997 and 2004 -2018