Loose series in 2022

This year I have stepped away from the gloomy Serra d’Arga series. The line between the life above and under (as in the Serra d’Arga paintings) is interrupted and new energy breaks free. The final ones of this series show a different state of mind, they are more abstract and volatile.

Serra d’Arga series in 2021

I was quite taken aback and affected by the lockdown following the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic and the implications thereof on our daily lives. Restrictions imposed on our daily lives appeared to be a source of inspiration. The paintings I made in 2020 up to early 2022 are very much influenced by the virus.

I experienced an inner and outer world. Both worlds are divided by a border. The line itself is an area of turbulence due to the options, changes and choices we are confronted with. Life underneath the line is different from the one above. The contours of the mountains of the Serra de Arga, the changing light and the sharp line between mountain and sky are a metaphor for the ban of movement of freedom and for not being able to live as I was used to. Painting the Serra de Arga in an abstract manner confronted me with my tormented inner world and my personal limitations.

The series of paintings show growth and change. The first ones are merely static: mountains and sky are separated and the later ones are lively and colorful.