I have been working, together with an awesome coach, Eveline Helmink, on delving into who I am as an artist and what I want to say with my art.
So far I have come to the conclusion that I am an abstract artist who uses fluid areas of color and art marks to bring emotions that stir within me due to events in the world but also mental issues in my head onto the canvas.
Of course I already knew that with my heart, but hadn't been able to put that into words. Obviously I am more a person of paint than words, though I do like to try my hand at the occassional poetry.
My art is unique because of the way I work and the deep personal theme that forms the basis for a work full of movement and energy.
Because I work on large, loose canvas, I experience the feeling of being able to move without restrictions/barriers. And how wonderful and liberating that feels!
Themes that appear in my work are anger about injustice towards Palestine, Congo, and Sudan, among others. But also the doubts and struggles of my own mental state.
To counterbalance the dark clouds, I also play with cheerful colors, as points of light in the darkness.
For me, painting is a way of therapy.
My goal is to create dialogue with my art so that we can all become a SOCIETY again, in which everyone is equal and everyone can be whoever they want, without hatred towards others.
I have mentioned that I like to try my hand at poetry. This is a way of attaching the emotions I have during painting in words to the art. With the hopes of starting a dialogue.
For "The Becoming of Me" I wrote the following poem.
Becoming me
Why the need for struggle
Why the need for pain
Why the need for sadness
To the becoming of me
Why the need for questions
Why the need for despondency
Why the need for mental remedy
To the becoming of me
Storms raging
inside
with thoughts
like tumbleweeds
across
the desert
of emotions
then the tsunami
rolls in
and wakens
dormant sentiments
That’s why the struggle
That’s why the pain
That’s why the sadness
To the becoming of me
That’s why the questions
That’s why the despondency
That’s why the mental remedy
To the becoming of me
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