Johannes Boekhoudt
ART Habens
is a basis for my own interpretation. The
process of the artwork should not
continue alone, it should evolve as my
interpretation and emotions blend with it.
When I started to draw at a young age in
the 1980s, I began to draw portraits of
whomever was available and would also
draw imaginary landscapes as my mind
travelled to an age of horses and
carrousels, possibly placing myself in the
age of European Romanticism. I started
to practice creation of images in my
mind as I became more and more aware
of the history of art masters. Naturally, I
searched through pointillism,
impressionism, abstract, abstract
expressionism and others. Through this
journey, you expose yourself to different
ideas and techniques in search of your
own means of expression. Finally, one
day I started to draw brushstrokes while
creating a painting and began to
combine them to form crosses in
recognition and thankfulness to God for
my natural gift which had been
repressed and rejected by others for so
many years. Today, this technique has
remained as my signature technique and
style. However, I do not start with the
technique, I start with an inspiration that
forms a mental image and sometimes
the idea is so big that it incites a series.
In the elaboration of the work itself, the
process of expanding on the original
image is the methodology. Beyond this, I
feel my specific methods are a secret
that I will not reveal.
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