
Eefje Van den Brande draws her inspiration from a wide range of modern artists. But she also looks to old masters such as Frida Kahlo, Henri de Toulouse Lautrec and Modigliani.
Painting and drawing to express thoughts and feelings. Eefje translates this into figures rendered partially or distorted. They sprout from people and animals in strange poses, usually created by a stain on a canvas, which through imagination grow into creatures that engage in a battle with themselves and the outside world. By getting in touch with their own dream world, emotions are given room to express themselves.
For Eefje, each canvas is a new confrontation, a new challenge. It is a back and forth between doubt and certainty. It is probing, wiping away, adding again. It is balancing between colour and layering, organic and static. The forms flow from connections that arise unconsciously. Each layer appeals to itself and to the artist.
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