Awaken my soul, that is the name of this painting I painted in many shades of grey. Full of passion, they touch each other longingly in search of that intense connection to their souls.
By playing with the almost white and light grey paint strokes of her that light up against his body, which is a shade darker in colour, on a dynamic warm grey background, the movements and body shapes stand out, as if they really become tangible. This work belongs to a series of paintings I am making called Shades of Grays . I made this specific work to accompany a poem by Geke Maes, a Dutch writer of poems and quotes. To put her collection in the spotlight, I and several other artists were allowed to make a work that will be presented during the art route of the Amai awards 2024 on 30 March in Parktheater Eindhoven.
You know that feeling, that you feel so numb, you miss that sparkle deep in your soul, you feel something while you feel nothing at all.... and suddenly... you make contact... and hope... and long deeply for this connection to awaken your soul... that is the feeling I wanted to portray with her text ; Take me, rock hard, as I am.
It's a painting full of passion which certainly comes into its own in a bold adult interior.
Hi, my name is Krista, born and raised in Sliedrecht, south holland. I like to paint and draw figuratively and human anatomy . I am a self-taught artist which simply means that I taught myself the art through a lot of practice without an official academy... Read more…