Freddy Julsing

1942-2005

The Hague, Netherlands.



As a very young artist, Fred Julsing won the prestigious Jacob Marisprijs, The Hague's municipal award for art. Immediately after that he decided to start investigating the love of his life ~ the comic strip. He did so at the Toonder Studios in Amsterdam, the one and only spot in The Netherlands in those days where comic strip art was taken seriously. There, Julsing became Marten Toonder's closest assistant in the production of, in Europe, the very famous 'Tom Poes' newspaper strip. For six years he took care of the layouts and sketches on that strip. After this educational period the time had come to start a career under his own name. Strips like 'Wellington Wish,' the Brothers Samovarof & Company', 'Fanteasy', 'Witte's Diary', 'Ukkie', and 'Tuimel and Ich' were, among others, the result of that. Julsing also adapted a considerable number of fairy tales; a humbling experience, as he describes it, which gave him the opportunity of getting a taste of what real, more archaic story-telling is about.

In 1992, Fred Julsing barely escaped from the inferno caused by a crashed Martinair DC-10 in the south of Portugal. Realizing that this event represented the turning point of his life, he withdrew in order to 'reinvent himself.' Everything in his life changed. He moved to California, where he now resides, and allowed himself the luxury of a fresh start.

His works, including this Spheres I-XII, represent depths of perception and acuity of translation of light and consciousness he has availed himself in the splendor of his life unfolding.

© Freddy Julsing
courtesy of Numina
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