An abstract work based on detail photographs of a buddha artwork at the Museum of Ethnology in Leiden in 2016.
The predominant color is orange/red.
My abstract works are usually characterized by repetition and symmetry and a limited color palette.
I draw inspiration from those same characteristics in nature, architecture and in everyday objects.
People often say "you can keep looking at it, it's always different. Depending on the viewing angle and distance and whether you look at the whole or a detail, it remains 'alive'. Only up close do buddhas appear, from a distance it is a curl, a whirlwind, a vortex.
To create these works I use my own photographs which I combine and edit with software on the computer.
I usually see pretty quickly if a photo is suitable for doing something with it. As if the photo itself is asking for it. Yet many works end up in the trash because the result has to radiate 'something' that I feel and am 100% satisfied with.
The process of achieving a beautiful result is wonderful to do. I hope that you - by looking at this work in a large format - will find just as much pleasure, inspiration and peace.
Mijn passie is beeldbewerking in de breedste zin van het woord. Het begin van een creatie is vaak een foto. Ik deel mijn kennis over fotografie en digitale beeldbewerking graag via de verschillende workshops en cursussen die ik organiseer over Fotografie, Photoshop, Lightroom en Final Cut Pro X... Read more…