Botanical Kingdom I Painting

This work is made in oilpaint and acrylicpaint. Danielle is inspired by nature and in this painting mostly the leafs of plants. The colors that she choose here are deep and vibrant blues. In contrast to the plants in real life, that are green. This gives the painting a more mystic feeling and maybe it reminds more of the night.Or is it a world underwater? Could be... The work consist of different layers in very diluted paint. This gives depth to the work and allows her to build up the work in the same layers as you see in, for example, a forest. next to adding paint she also removes paint in the proces. this is done with sanding papers or cotton cleaning rags. In this way light is brought into the painting. How is she inspired by nature? During walks at home and abroad, Danielle constantly gets ideas that could be painted. She photographs or stores them in her memory. Once in the studio, the photos evoke images. Without making studies or sketches prior to the work, she starts an intuitive painting process. “I put the photos that I took aside, and try to let go of everything that I’ve seen or that I know. The paintings that come to life are entirely unique paintings that oscillate between abstraction and landscapes.” The strength of her works is based on the interaction between herself and the painting. In the process the work is communicating with her in a language that sounds familiar to her but at the same time forces up new words on her all the time. It is like searching for synonyms in paint. Memories do come to mind at these moments, but the action of creating, the dialogue between her and the work, is always leading.