Harry op de Laak was born in 1925 in Venlo, a region that in his childhood is recognized by the people, religion in nature. These elements appear as a silent onderstroom door to the work of the blijven lopen. The young children were able to have their own images and descriptions, and the ropes brought to the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht, which were developed in a very different way in the arts.

Op de Laak will be aanvankelijk beïnvloed door de katholieke beeldcultuur en het expressionisme van zijn tijd. In this work there is an inner spirituality of the world, with a religious of existential ondertonen. Hij depicted figures, landscapes and symbolic representations of men and nature in a connected area. In the years there was a lot of material from a group of Limburg arts and crafts, which were in their own way, from academic convents, with a great sense of tradition.

It was very easy to open the door, just loaded. Hij werkte with aardse kleuren, ruwe penseelvoering and a tactile gelaagdheid in verf en vorm. The figures are very different, even though they are visible, they also have an inner world and are made in the vast area. In the loop of the two large tracks there are respected signs in the region, with exhibits in the sea Roermond, Maastricht and Eindhoven. This work will be published in many collections and particulative editions, with a clear reference to the radar of the national art circuit.

Harry op de Laak woonde and werkte het largest deel van zijn leven in Horn, was a modest and toegewijd leven sufferingde als Kunstenaar. Zijn works ademt a diepe seriously and menselijke betrokkenheid, was van modieuze stromingen. In 2012, he passed in Horn, he also had the latest works - he lost, focused on the work of his long-sighted people, and he could see the aim of the picture.