The Laboratory of Remnants In Arnemuiden, Netherlands, a life began in 1955. It is a life that has largely been spent within the walls of a studio that functions more like a small laboratory than a traditional painter's workspace. The work of Loek Grootjans is not about the grand gesture, but about the meticulous collection of what remains. In 1998, he cleared out his studio, gathering every drop of spilled paint and every scrap of res…