The paintings in the finals exhibition are based on reflections and observations around the studio and the train station. In reflections, I see parts of spaces that are unclear or undefined and recognizable parts. Together they form a play of patterns, with thin watery painted details, lines and forms on cardboard that has its own traces. From that questions about perception could emerge like: is this inside or outside? Where am I placed? Can I recognize this space? Where does this light or shadow come from? Is there a pattern or connection between these spaces?
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Can a reflection provide you with more information about your surroundings when it allows you to see both the foreground and background at the same time from different angles? With a neurodivergent gaze, foregrounding a play of lines, textures, patterns and details, I tend to look at spaces in an intriguing way. There’s so much to find in the spaces we live, experience, pass by and work in. In-between spaces with liminality and ambiguity reoccur in my paintings. Through painting mainly on cardboard, I try to interpret the perceived in new ways. Cardboard, as a discarded material, opens up the possibility of painting with its color, texture, form, traces, temporary existence, value and accessibility. It allows me to play with traces that become architectural when being in dialogue with the paint.
