You Yourself
are the soul
of my prayers

This is a new project.

The inspiration for the theme comes from a song by Dutch poet Huub Oosterhuis:

You Yourself are the soul of my prayers.

This page will develop, with the projects progress.

For the art, shapes, dynamics etc. I was inspired by the waterlilies of Monet, that I saw in the Orangerie in Paris.

I want to explore the theme and the forms and movement etc, in drawings and paintings. I also have Idea’s for cut outs, fabric prints, objects and a small installation.

A sketch that I made in the Orangerie in Paris, is my starting point.

Further an assignment at an alumni day by the master arts education, became also inspiration for this project.

I also got inspired by a project of Belgian artist Berlinde de Bruyckere: drapes over a figure.

Digitally blending of 2 images
Digitally blending of 3 images
Digitally blending of 2 images,
one edited
Digitally blending of 2 images
Acrylic on canvas, 13 x 18 cm
Posca marker and pencil on paper, A5
4 sketches with charcoal/pencil
on paper, A5
These sketches look like
a mountain with clouds,
which also depicts
the theme,
but in a different way
The drapery over a figure,
by visual artist Berlinde de Bruyckere,
is the inspiration,
as are the waterlilies,
by Monet
Digitally blending of 2 images
Digitally blending of 2 images
Digitally blending of 2 images
Cut-out from acrylic on paper
ca 30 cm high
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 18 x 13 cm
Acrylic and charcoal on paper, A4
Acrylic and charcoal on canvas, 20 x 20 cm
Charcoal, pencil and Posca marker on paper, A4
Pencil, charcoal and Posca marker on paper, A4
Charcoal, pencil and Posca marker on paper, A4
The first drawings are inspired by the art of Berlinde de Bruyckere
and the waterlilies of Monet. And also the object I made at the alumni day
of the master arts education: see Projects Soul of my Prayer
How to work with the drapes over the figures
of Berlinde de Bruyckere, without
making it look like a burka

PROJECTS
SOUL OF MY PRAYERS

Starting with the first sketches
at my boyfriends place
The small sketch I made in Paris,
with the waterlilies of Monet,
using Posca markers.
The shapes and forms were inspiring
for this project
At an alumni day of the master arts education,
I made a jewelry for the wrist, with fabric and paint.
It was for someone who dealt with trauma.
The open parts represent finding new ways,
dreams, healing. The closed parts represent
being carried, shelter.
Before I knew what the assignment was,
I thought of the project of the prayer.
Accidentally the shape of the object
resembles the forms I have in mind for this project.
Perhaps even the function can be further explored
in more of these objects.
Foto by Tina Lenz
The soul of our prayers can be
translated in compassion.
Visualized in a personal object of
nearness and support

The starting point was “soft activism”:
how can a personal challenge be translated
into a broader theme in society?
Addressing this through soft activism,
by making a banner that is
wearable, for each other.