The Girl with the Pearl Earring, originally painted by Dutch painter (from Delft) Johannes Vermeer, around 1665-1667.
In this version from 2022, I digitally combined the girl with flowers from still lifes by old masters from different periods. In the process, I matched the colour of the girl's clothes to the floral splendour on her head.
It has become a stately portrait yet the girl (invisibly hidden behind that tulip in front of her face) seems to wink happily at us....
A digital collage on dark brown background.
The stylists at Art Heroes call my art style ‘Art with a Wink’. And I couldn't agree more. Life is serious enough as it is, don't you think? ;-)
I mainly make surrealist artworks and collages, because in those artstyles I can so wonderfully unleash my creativity and unbridled..
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