THE NAME
RECYCLE YOUR DARLING
‘Kill your darling’. A term from the arts. Let a good element disappear for a higher purpose, an even better text, product etc. A process that always hurts a little. Because you don’t want to say goodbye at all. But once you have seen that it makes things better, it is inevitable. And mostly a matter of daring to implement it.
That’s how I discovered that a piece of art I was working on would turn out much better if I added a completely different – and finished – piece to it. This one had the same theme and fitted seamlessly into the new, larger piece.
I just had to sacrifice the old artwork ‘for a moment’. It was a piece much loved by the public (and myself) and had already been exhibited a few times. But then again, once seen, it was inevitable…
And so the name was born:
“Recycle Your Darling”, because that’s exactly what I did.
Sacrificing a beloved piece of art for a greater cause. Transforming it into a new, larger work of art, made from recycled materials.
(In this case, a double recycling. Because the small piece was also a work of recycled art.)
See You In Paradise is the artwork below that this is about.
‘Revisited’ Series
Another series I’ve been working on for a very long time is ‘Revisited’. I revisit paintings – sometimes after many years. I revise them, add new sections, and improve them. I keep working on them, adding more and more layers. The original content remains, but is expressed better.
An additional element in this series is that I am now translating experience gained with assemblages of recycle art into painting on canvas.
My artworks keep moving. The challenge is to keep the image fresh, despite the many layers.
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