Early Life and Artistic Beginnings The story of Hans Heys, a name increasingly resonant in contemporary landscape painting, is one rooted deeply in the Dutch tradition yet blossoming into a uniquely personal vision. Born in 1974 in the Netherlands, Heys’s early life was steeped in the visual language of his surroundings – the expansive skies, the intricate network of waterways, and the flat, fertile polders that define much of the cou…