Ad Wouters (born 1944) is a sculptor, born in the Netherlands, who is active in Belgium in Leuven and the forest south of it. Wouters is known for his oak wood sculptures. [1]
Wouters was born in Dordrecht. Starting at the age of 13, he worked in construction. [2] At the age of 22 he traveled to Africa with the Belgian NGO Bouworde. [3] After his stay in Africa, he went to live in Haasrode in Belgium, where he learned the skill of restoring buildings. Due to a work-related accident, where he fell from a church tower in the 90s he became unfit for this kind of work. From then on he developed himself as an artist. [4]
Wouters creates wood sculptures, mostly from oak tree trunks or from other recovered materials. [5] He created his first wood sculpture accessible to the public, De Bosprotter commissioned by the forestry services of Meerdaal forest in the year 2000. He created several other sculptures since then. [6]
There is a path of 25 km one can take to march or cycle past most of Wouters' works through the woods of Heverlee and Meerdaal. [7] [8]
Ad Wouters (born 1944) is a sculptor, born in the Netherlands, who is active in Belgium in Leuven and the forest south of it. Wouters is known for his oak wood sculptures. [1]
Wouters was born in Dordrecht. Starting at the age of 13, he worked in construction. [2] At the age of 22 he traveled to Africa with the Belgian NGO Bouworde. [3] After his stay in Africa, he went to live in Haasrode in Belgium, where he learned the skill of restoring buildings. Due to a work-related accident, where he fell from a church tower in the 90s he became unfit for this kind of work. From then on he developed himself as an artist. [4]
Wouters creates wood sculptures, mostly from oak tree trunks or from other recovered materials. [5] He created his first wood sculpture accessible to the public, De Bosprotter commissioned by the forestry services of Meerdaal forest in the year 2000. He created several other sculptures since then. [6]
There is a path of 25 km one can take to march or cycle past most of Wouters' works through the woods of Heverlee and Meerdaal. [7] [8]