The Fountain of Life Painting

Mieke van Os is a multidisciplinary artist with a focus on mixed media constructions. She is increasingly working with things she finds in her environment, also from a sustainability point of view. Remnants of a renovation, residual products of casting materials, pieces of stone or wood, strips of textile. It often results in a material treatment or solution that is not immediately obvious and thus gives individuality to her work. She is looking for an unconventional but traditional shape with a twist. She also looks for composition in her sculptures, the separation of surface and color, as she also does as a painter. A way of working to study form more carefully, visually explore the new topography and rediscover familiar materials. In her work she wants to express something intangible, an atmosphere, a feeling. Her sources of inspiration are very variable and versatile. Whether a work was made 500 years ago or now, she borrows elements from it to do something with it. Ideas also come from the production itself. The work often has a kind of rules and chaos at the same time. At first glance, her work is very diverse. On closer inspection, there is definitely a connecting line. An expression of how the mind reacts to things. Her motto is: “The horizon is infinite, it only knows a limit in ones head. Her goals are to further develop and explore her techniques and to experiment with (sustainable) materials, colors, shapes and sizes (!), in a combination of sculpture, painting, ceramics and textiles; she also wants to focus more on research in working with plant remains and other biomaterials.