A burst of colour spreads like sugar gas in a dream no one remembers. Sweet fire seeps between earth layers of memories, as if the past suddenly decides to reveal itself in neon. It is the echo of something never said but always felt, a vibration in the inner landscape of longing and volatilisation.
The works in this series are born of dream images and a deep connection to nature and its restless elements. Each painting is a whisper from the in-between where undercurrents remember something, clouds speak in riddles and colour carries echoes of something that never quite wants to take shape.
In her vivid, modern portraits, Tanja Kooymans explores the quiet magic that lingers beneath the surface of the everyday.
Her figures, often women adorned with surreal elements , move through a dreamlike space where nature, fantasy, and identity meet.
With intuitive use of color and..
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