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SANDRA LÄÄNE
ARTIST AND PAINTER
SANDRA-ART.EU
WHEN I WAS FOUR YEARS OLD, GROWING
UP IN A COUNTRY HOUSE IN THE MIDDLE OF
BEAUTIFUL ESTONIAN FIELDS AND FORESTS,
MY FATHER HAD ME CONVINCED THAT HE WAS
ACTUALLY AN ASTRONAUT BUT INSTEAD OF A
SPACESHIP HE TRAVELLED WITH A LADDER.
HE MADE ME BELIEVE THAT HE HAD AN
INVISIBLE LADDER IN THE FIELD BEHIND OUR
HOUSE. AND HE TOLD ME THAT WHENEVER
THE MOON WAS FULL AND THE SKY WAS
CLEAR, HE WOULD CLIMB THE LADDER TO
OUTER SPACE. SOMETIMES AT NIGHT OUR
WHOLE FAMILY WOULD GO OUT FOR A WALK
AND EVERY TIME WE WOULD STOP AT THE
PLACE WHERE THE INVISIBLE LADDER STOOD.
FATHER WOULD SHOW US THE PLACES
WHERE HE HAD LEFT HIS FOOTPRINTS ON THE
MOON. I SAW THE PRINTS AND IT WAS PROOF
ENOUGH FOR MY LITTLE HEAD.
I REMEMBER HOW MY OLDER SISTER MADE
FUN OF ME FOR BELIEVING IT, BUT IN MY MIND
IT HAD TO BE TRUE.
MY FATHER TAUGHT ME THAT EVEN IF PEOPLE
SAY THAT SOMETHING IS NOT POSSIBLE IT
DOESN’T NECESSARILY MEAN THAT IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE. YOU JUST HAVE TO CHANGE
YOUR PERSPECTIVE.
THROUGH THAT BEAUTIFUL LIE I FOUND MY
OWN WAY TO TRAVEL TO SPACE. MY INVISIBLE
LADDER COALESCED AND TOOK SHAPE
THROUGH MY EXPLORATION OF ART.
I LOVE MIXING SOMETHING REAL WITH
SOMETHING
ALIEN.
AND
TO
HAVE
ALTERNATIVE UNIVERSES BUT WITH THE
TASTE OF HOME. STRANGE WOMEN, DARK
MOONS AND AN ALOOF SETTING ARE
THE CENTRE OF MY WORK AS WELL AS
COLOURFUL, LARGER THAN LIFE IMAGES.
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March 2015