The favourite place for 'Healthy Candy' is (of course!), the kitchen.
This piece came about by accident. While I was cooking at home, I took a closer look at these broad beans and suddenly saw how beautiful and intriguing they are.
I took a picture, stripped it and worked the beans one by one with digital oil paint. Painting the natural, smooth, plump beans with a glossy, candy-like sheen creates a contrast between the organic shapes of the beans and their artificial, almost candy-like appearance.
Of course, you can think of it as 'just a nice picture that makes you happy'. It is!
To also give it a deeper meaning: from my own experience, my eye is also drawn to the damaged garden bean in the middle. For me, this is a reflection of living with multiple sclerosis. For you, it may symbolise something else. Everyone is damaged in some way, but we are all still part of the world around us - surrounded and supported by others.
Anyway: visual sweetness with meaning or an image that makes you smile or makes you feel good, everything is okay. Of course.
Daphne Depassé lives in Amsterdam. Her work encompasses various styles and techniques, including digital painting, drawing, audio, video and photography. "I almost got sucked into the habits of the art world (one unique style) and took myself too seriously. Fortunately, I found myself again and.. Read more…