I am curious about what happens when I try something new. In these Process Notes, I share experiments, works in progress, recurring symbols and the occasional adventure that finds its way into my work.
Leonoor Ruigrok –
A small oil painting, a house-like form almost hidden in the landscape. In “Shelter”, colour, texture and movement gather around a form that remains quietly present.
A literary reflection by author Karin Melis on the recurring figure of the hare in Leonoor Ruigrok’s work, and how this once-hidden figure gradually found its way back into her artistic practice.
A landscape changes in memory. Colours intensify, forms disappear and sometimes atmosphere remains more clearly than the actual place.
How much can a room change the way we experience a painting? Using *Promise of Spring* in different interior settings, I explore how wall colour, light, placement and surrounding space can completely change a painting’s presence.
Wakesurfing, wind, sudden storms and a lake that refused to sit still. The story behind my Lago d’Orta series, from the first painting after wakesurfing to increasingly layered and unruly landscapes.
Who started the fire? At some point, nobody knows. That sentence stayed with me after looking at Firestarter, a painting from my Dreamland series. There is a dark figure moving through a layered landscape. A soft sky above. Darker ground below. Somewhere in the painting, a small house-like form seems to glow. But the work…
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