Marthe Fuld

A smile for you.

I paint, draw and write.

With that I make matter of my thoughts. And the matter brings new ideas; a smile maybe.

I am interested in many topics. You can see that in my work. Some aspects:

The origin of the land on which we live. The course of the rivers, polders, time.
Color and composition – matter to play with.
The human body. For example sitting, cycling, …..
The human mind. For example anger, contentment,…
Ordinary things that are in and around us, such as cheese, air. Language.
I look relatively uninhibited and move quite freely around existing patterns. I like to play.

Ever since I can hold a pencil, I have drawn and painted. I also like to write and feel at home on stage.

Although I like to go through life playfully, I also want to be serious about art at the same time.
Sometimes I mainly make drawings on the i-pad for a while. Partly as an autonomous work, partly as illustrations for my writing (poetry and popular scientific work).
Then again I paint a period on glass dishes and bowls. In doing so, I exploit the endlessness of the bowl shape by painting over the inside and the outside and making use of the transparency of the glass. Sometimes I alternate that with making paintings o...

Graduated from the Lerarenopleiding Utrecht (SOL – subjects Drawing and Dutch) (1976 - 1981 - graduated 1981).
Free Art-Academy, The Hague (1972 - 1976).
Both in the Netherlands.