Saturday 5 January 2013

I Wish I Was


The last part of my dear personal project was hiding in my drawer, so to speak, and waiting to see the light of day for quite some time. I can be terribly  protective and shy about some of the things that I do.

Anyway, I like to combine the handmade feel of traditional techniques like painting, drawing and collage with the flexibility of Photoshop. The text is quite flat but in combination with the image the whole thing becomes alive and hopefully not to sentimental. Writing in English has its advantages, besides the obvious one that you can reach more people.  My  limited vocabulary prevents me from trying to hard, to sound pretentious which I probably would and on the other hand it allows me to express thoughts and emotions that I would not in my native language. When speaking or writing in another language you almost become a different person which is liberating an adds a new enriching dimension to your life. To possess another language is to possess another soul, said someone famous.  Here and here are the other two parts of this  little project made in different media.

 'May your coming year be filled with magic and dreams and good madness'  Neil Gaiman

3 comments:

  1. very nice technique
    is it possible to buy prints of these?
    would love to have that frog on my office wall :)
    keep it up

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  2. As always your art is an beautiful inspiration and the sentiment behind the piece is something that I can completely relate to.
    I hope you have a wonderful and creative 2013 xx

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