Grace Painting

Beauty is in everyone. In some people more visble than others. But everyone has it. Often covered by many emotional layers built up over the years. By getting to know the darker side of yourself, the beautiful and bright sides will be strengthened. Therefore, in emotions such as vulnerability and strength is for me the real beauty. I show this beauty in my paintings with portraits of powerful and beautiful women. Since childhood I have been creative. I started taking painting lessons to learn painting techniques, about materials and everything else that is involved in painting. And therein I still develop. I like to work with mixed media. I use different materials such as acrylic, pastel chalk, charcoal and ink. In my last paintings I work with structure in the background. This gives a special effect, whereby the painting and the portrait gets an extra layering. Playing with colors is a beautiful process. Dark colors beside light colors reinforce each other and give depth. I put layer upon layer until it is in balance for me. For portraits of women I paint, I use photos as inspiration. It can be just a certain look or emotion that touches me. On the canvas I give my version of the beauty of women.