On a mild summer day in the Hageland, I lingered over this small scene: a hoverfly hovering like a helicopter above a purple flower.
Up close, you can see how precisely and elegantly such an insect moves - wings trembling, a body just correcting each time to stay in the air.
I find it moving how much life there is in what we often call 'weeds'. While my children searched for treasures in the roadside a little further on, I followed this mini-ritual of landing and taking off again.
The Hageland reveals itself here not through a large landscape, but through a detail that teaches you to look more slowly. For me, this image is about attention and wonder: a reminder that beauty does not shout, but whispers.
On the wall, this macro brings a light energy and poetic focus. The combination of soft purple tones and tiny hints of yellow make it suitable for a quiet reading corner or bedroom, where you can see every day how balanced nature is constructed, down to its finest movements.
So close the world suddenly feels grand.
Whispering Fields captures the timeless beauty of the Hageland: the golden glow over hills, but also the silent wonder of a flower, a fluff or weed in the sun. Each detail is given a poetic charge and shows the timeless beauty of the everyday, translated into fine.. Read more…