The woman in the red dress and the large green leaf both demand equal attention. The woman I cut from a medieval image. She holds up the finger of her right hand, like a philosopher making an argument. She is surrounded by text, from a very old book of stories by Shakespeare. The French text: que vos chants, is from the same medieval image as the woman.
I glued a fluffy feather to the green leaf with glue lacquer. The fluffy then turns into jagged lines.
The purple petals are from the poppy. The yellow petal of the daffodil. The twig with the rounded buds, no idea what that is: just beautiful ;-)
The image is intersected by a light orange stripe of washi tape. The part to the left of the tape is a painting of a beautiful bush and other shapes: a picture from a magazine. Above the yellow petal is a painting, from a magazine. The chair looks like Van Gogh's work, but to my knowledge he didn't paint nudes.
At the top right, in a semicircle, is a cutout from a gramophone record. Just below it is another beautifully shaped leaf, with bright veins.
For the rest, besides glue paint, I worked with acrylic paint.
Since about 1974, I have been involved almost daily in photography, drawing (charcoal, graphite, conté, chalk, ink), painting, watercolour and/or collage making. In all these branches of visual work, I have tried a lot, found my own way, but.. Read more…