Categorie: Magical Realism in Art
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Soft Hope
Lees verder: Soft Hope-Dreamland collection- soft hope oil painting Soft Hope was created in 2025 as part of the Dreamland collection. Within this series, I explore how subtle shifts in image and feeling can open an inner landscape. The work does not stand alone, but belongs to an ongoing inquiry in which symbolism and imagination converge. Dreamland is…
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A personal story
Lees verder: A personal storyCharcoal in my hands There’s a thin veil of black dust over the table, my hands are constantly grey around the edges. I’m fully in the sketch phase. No large canvases, no layered colour, but paper, line, and energy that I sometimes let flow freely and sometimes channel with sharp focus. It feels like returning…
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up-popping symbols
Lees verder: up-popping symbolsHare and deer appear while I work—up-popping symbols that carry my memories and my father’s fables. Not answers, but openings.
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Magical Realism in My Work
Lees verder: Magical Realism in My WorkA female artist statement Much of my practice is rooted in magical realism, it gives me the freedom to image my reality through symbols, dreamlike spaces, and the world as I feel it. To some it may sound abstract, yet to me it is clear as day. It is not fantasy but my own truth,…
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Why Magical Realism shapes my work as a contemporary Dutch female artist
Lees verder: Why Magical Realism shapes my work as a contemporary Dutch female artist“I paint what I see inwardly, not what stands physically before me. Not fantasy, but inner realities.” magical realism in my painting Magical realism in Dutch contemporary art is my field; there I let reality and personal symbols meet. It gives me the freedom to speak from my imagination. It gives me a profound sense…
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Inside My Intuitive Painting Process
Lees verder: Inside My Intuitive Painting ProcessIn the studio – work in progress There’s a quiet buzz in my studio.Most evenings, I find myself working on several pieces at once.Right now, I’m creating a new oil painting, layer by layer,each night returning to see: what has emerged today? soulful painting in Oil This video offers a glimpse into my soulful painting…