A girl in a white dress, plays outside with her yellow ball on an early sunny Sunday morning. The streets are still quiet and empty. She is waiting for a friend to play with. Then she discovers her shadow and sees it as her new friend, going everywhere with her.
In my own early childhood, I always loved going outside to play on a Sunday morning because there were almost no people on the streets. It was wonderfully quiet and peaceful. 
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
The original painting is a Mixed Media / Collage artwork on canvas, 100 x 70 x 2 cm. Made with layers of paper in a way where text and letters remain visible. Over that, acrylic paint was applied in a transparent layer. Finally, I painted the girl with the ball on top of that.
                                
 
                                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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