Born on January 16, 1962 in Eygelshoven located in the southeast of the Dutch province of Limburg, comes from the self-taught circuit, supplemented by a part-time education at the "Academy of Visual and Audiovisual Arts" in Maasmechelen (Belgium). Thei Derks is an artist who creates paintings from an intuitive approach and is often influenced by everyday things and events around him. Constantly changing compositions of paintings and various techniques in mutual relationship to each other, let broader connections and ever new creations arise. His works take you into his own experience and emotional world and reflect his psyche at that particular moment.