Gardien, Esther Peinture [Pays-Bas]

GALLERY
6 juni t/m 25 juli. "hang the artist" galerie "Hang", Prinsengracht 715, 1017JW, te Amsterdam.

21 juli t/m 31 aug. "liefde" zomer expositie galerie "de Sigarenfabiek", Brabantse Turfmarkt 75a, 2611cm, Delft, +31152126714.

7 t/m 27 okt.
opening 7 okt 16:30-18:00
only by appointment "solo" in the lounge Ministerie van Verkeer en Waterstaat
Plesmanweg 1, 2597 JG, Den Haag.

6 t/m 27 nov, weekends 14:00-16:30 "impuls" de "hofboerderij" Wateringen, Hoflaan 1
(in the park opposite the windmill)

The development of my work from form towards abstraction, and from 'outside' towards 'inside', has been an intuitive process rather than an intellectual one.

I want to let go of form, and melt it in a more moving and dynamic state.
I don't use a subject from the outer world anymore, but I use my own inner experience of nature.

Nature is force, not form. Form is the expression of force. Form is the transformation; it reflects the growth of force. The driving force behind nature can only exist in the 'form' of abstractions. Therefore art is always 'secondary' and can never be the essence; it can only ever aspire to be an expression of it.

Art and the creation of art, is privileged and honoured by intense attention. Good works of art depict moments of full self-realisation. This implies that art hasn't got anything to do with perfection or with the production of something perfect. Art has everything to do with having the guts to BE in the fullness of the moment.

Perfectionism is a sign of disintegration.

My work is an expression of a kind of unending contemplation.



There is an inner necessity to make art. It is the driving force behind my abstractions;
-tension
-expansion
-movement
-rhythm
-friction
-intense awareness
-balance
-sensory directness
-intention
-confrontation
-duality
-focus

I want to find the inner reality in the fusion of all these abstractions. This can only happen in experiencing reality in a direct way. Or do we have to speak of 'realities'?

I want my paintings to vibrate. Without movement of any kind, growth is impossible. Without the divine force art is dead.

Movement is an indication of change from one level to the other, from micro- to macro and vice versa, and from one compartment of existence to another.
Ideas for a painting are triggered by an experience in nature. It is rather the experience of one human being; wandering, observing, questioning, worrying, trying to see and find the truth.

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