This work was created from pure intuition. I started with no plan, no preconceived idea, just the urge to let colour, energy and movement flow onto the canvas. With acrylic paint, oil pastels, collage material and Indian ink, I built layer after layer. Sometimes deliberately, sometimes playfully sloshing, sometimes almost wildly.
An eye popped up, like a mirror in the chaos. Lips followed, words and symbols appeared naturally on paper. As if the canvas was telling me what was needed. XOXO, love, stripes, smudges - everything had a place in this vibrant whole. I was guided by the textures, by the blobs that accidentally fell just right. There is freedom in this painting. It is uninhibited, playful, raw and yet poetic.
Making it felt like dancing with paint. Sometimes a fast movement, sometimes slowing down and adding details. The end result is an explosion of colour and emotion that radiates energy. Chaos Loves Color is an ode to the freedom of making, to the power of imagination and to daring to let go of control.
As a little girl Daniëlle was already obsessed with crafts, pencils, markers and paint. Making things that did not yet exist. Fantasy and lots of colour led her to create special works, such as sheep in heels with their heads sticking out of the canvas. Colour and.. Read more…