Remembering those Summervibes Painting

A colorful painting that brings a feeling of joy, and relaxation. It brings back memories to places that you've been maybe... The sea, the rainforest, the beach, a garden, palmtrees....everyone can have their own memory to a certain place. Each work I make starts with diluted layers of acrylic that are applied with coarse 'tools' (spalters, sponges, window wipers and sometimes even brooms). My canvases lie on the floor of my studio where the painting procesit revolves around color combinations in large strokes and coarse strokes. In each next layer, more refined approaches are discussed. Lines and strokes in diluted oil paint often show botanical and landscape motifs. I work with different materials. Working with oil and acrylic is actually “not done” and that is precisely why this combination fascinates me. A chemical process from which structures and graphic-looking elements are created. Paint is added but also sanded off. "In the striking, powerful gestures with which she applies the paint, there is a certain brutality in handwriting and touch, a determination in choosing and treating her materials. The power of her works rests on the interaction between herself and the painting in the making. And that results in paintings that ultimately always 'burst with energy and harmony'." Not everything can be observed or explained. You recognize it, but couldn't pinpoint where you saw it before. A new landscape.