A girl creates a graffiti painting with colorful hearts on a gray, drab concrete wall. She wants to brighten up the gloomy city she lives in and show that more love is needed in the world.
All my artworks are inspired by weathered walls with posters, peeling paint and all kinds of things in disrepair. I try to use these elements to create something new, something beautiful.
Children inspire me. Their ability to transcend any rotten situation is amazing. Playing tag in the ruins of a bombed-out Syrian city. Playing soccer in the most miserable neighborhoods. They are always looking for the light. They save the future that our generations really messed up and don't even blame us for it. If only we could keep the child in ourselves a little more, we wouldn't be in such a mess. Art can help us find our childlike innocence again
I think the recurring themes in my portfolio are very relevant now more than ever. My art depicts the current state of the world, and how our children are growing up in an often unfair and deteriorating environment. Yet the very ability of children to transcend difficult situations and find joy and light in the darkest of environments is the much-needed hope for the future. Sustainability is also integrated into my works through the materials I use. Most of these materials are reused for my artworks.
                                
 
                                I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…
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