Paper.
Let me guide you through my work on paper.
SERIES
GIRL SERIES
297x420mm 2012
Hommage to girlhood, womanhood and authenticity.
WALL STILL LIFE
420x297mm 2013
Building narratives on a wall.
AUTONOMOUS
297x210mm 2011-ongoing
A selection of drawings on A4 paper.
420-297mm 2011-ongoing
A selection of drawings on A3 paper.
LARGE SCALE
The Anatomy Lesson
2500x1500mm, 2013
A dystopic self-portrait surrounded by friends.
Statuettes
2014
An attempt to add context and intensity to portraits by including a background, introduce colour and oil-pastel for a painting-like texture.
Sophie
2180 x 1200mm
Nana
2200 x 1500mm
Nele
2400 x 1400mm
FRAMED
Imagining a new purpose for vintage frames in various sizes. Some of the drawings have (partial) varnish on them to add depth or suggest a liquid surface.
‘orb’ /a spherical body, 2015, 218 x 218mm
‘sphere’ - 2015- 180 x 235mm
‘sphere II’ ,2015, 300 x 400mm
'a slightly tilting planet', 2015, 210 x 297mm
‘Some Captured Textures, #3’, 2015, 297 x 210mm
A Rather Exquisite Matter I - II
2015
Thrifted frames filled with pressed flowers got a portrait of their original content.
Dark waters icy mountains
2016
vintage frames with haunting landscapes that once were shown to me in a dream
Woke up like this
2020
self portrait with cut-out and varnished eye, folded paper hand with sparkly nailpolish.
The encounter
2018 -
Portraits of friends where I left room for imagination. The eyes are cut out and varnished to have a more intense gaze. One had eyes that can change position. Click to find out.
PAPER SCULPTURES
To merge is to connect
2017
Left and right hand with joined index fingers, folded in shape.
Dear sleeper
2016
An ode to deep sleep. Self portrait in true size, the head is held up in the bell jar.
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