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Geometry Blue/Yellow | Jacqueline Wouters
Geometry Blue/Yellow | Jacqueline Wouters
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Jacqueline Wouters | Geometry Blue/Yellow | 70cm x 70cm
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About the artist
Inspiration
Jacqueline Wouters was born in Mijdrecht. As a child, she played a lot outdoors, both in nature and on her grandfather's property. He owned a demolition company and a steelworks business. The company specialized in manufacturing industrial loading platforms and containers, among other things.
She played a lot in the large warehouse containing stored cortez steel beams, pipes, barrels, and a lot of demolition material from old houses, factories, and, among other things, an old station in Mijdrecht.
Jacqueline loves the direct geometric forms of steel pipes, chains, iron beams, barrels, wheels, tires, and so on. She is also fascinated by the architecture of factory buildings: the tall pipes, the interplay of lines, and the division of surfaces.
Asia
In recent years, Jacqueline has traveled extensively throughout Asia. She practices yoga, meditation, and chi gong, seeking harmony and beauty, the aesthetic, and simplicity.
Her sources of inspiration are the simplicity of Asian artwork, Japanese prints, and calligraphy. Japanese forms and patterns. The Asian way of working, based on meditation and concentration. The Zen philosophy behind these works: the directness, the brush, the use of brushes, the craftsmanship, spirituality, the lightness, the layering, the meditative quality, the cosmos, and nature. In Zen, a form is truly a form; all that is superfluous is omitted.
She wants to give the clear geometric shapes a new experience, a transformation, based on the simplicity of the Asian way of working. Painting as meditation, a journey within. Ultimately, everything is energy, which transforms into matter, even industrial forms.
Her work
The work is two-dimensional and composed of geometric shapes/objects such as circles, ovals, lines, tubes, and spheres. These shapes can be open or closed, industrial or organic.
The work is rhythmic, subdued, and has an expressive or graphic character. Jacqueline works with acrylic and oil paint, but the first layer is usually acrylic or watercolor.
In her paintings, she explores contrasts: her use of color ranges from subdued to vibrant, the paint can be opaque or highly transparent, glossy or matte. She also combines soft lines with clear, clean shapes. The sizes range from small to medium.
Method
Jacqueline first sketches on paper or uses her own photos of various abstract shapes and tubes. She cuts out pictures from magazines with specific patterns and rhythms. With these ingredients, she creates a composition and determines the use of color. Jacqueline then begins the first layer on MDF or canvas. Then a second layer . What happens when you apply a transparent layer over a thick layer of paint? What is the effect of colors next to or on top of each other? Sometimes beautiful shapes and residual shapes arise by chance.
Using stencils ensures that the shapes remain clear and precise. Jacqueline uses acrylic because it dries quickly, oil paint as a second layer because it has beautiful colors, and to easily create "flowing" movements/shapes. She uses watercolor because it's transparent and creates contrast (thin, transparent).
The constants that keep recurring are the abstract shapes such as circles, ovals, tubes, and lines. In her work, you never see a horizon.
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