By
Db Waterman
Piece description from the artist
A very typical Dutch summer landscape.
I photographed the daisies in the landscape myself in the summer. I have multiplied these flowers in photoshop to the number that you can see in the painting.
The clouds and the farmer's landscape I painted with acrylic paint.
The two different elements have been combined digitally into a summery thunderstorm landscape. It is a very recognisable image for the Netherlands; the flat landscape, the farm roofs that you can see in the distance, the enormous skies and clouds, and finally the cheerful bright daisies.
I assemble original photography, assorted papers, acrylics, oil, charcoal, ink, and pencil in my works. The variety of resources I am able to use has proved indispensable to me. The biggest challenge the collage medium posed was its unforgiving lack of transparency. Finding a way to replicate the effects of transparency afforded by paint, especially watercolors, was a large victory for me. The preparing labor shows through in my collages; layer upon layer of material remains visible in the finished pieces. I believe my body of work is characterized by my skill for reinvention. Having always loved the appearance of weathered walls plastered with peeling paint and old posters, I revive this aesthetic with hopefully a keen and professional eye. The creative objective of my work is to “make something beautiful out of dilapidation.” My tableaus explore the dissonance between old and new materials, intertwined in the most beautiful way possible to create dreamlike and melancholy images.
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