ARTIST STATEMENT
The start of a new painting is always a very exciting moment for me. The blank canvas is waiting for my ideas and decisions about where to start and what to paint.
My influences and inspirations are found everywhere in the daily life around me, in large part from the beauty of nature, especially the ocean, and my love for aged historical walls.
I’m an abstract painter. I enjoy the freedom to express my feelings and emotions and work intuitively. Listening to music and making meditative strolls along the shore are ways to get in contact with my subconscious before I can let flow the energy.
The whole process during the making of the painting is a very challenging one with all kinds of emotions. Making abstract art is my way of communicating without words.
Acrylic is my main medium, but I also love to work with oil and cold wax, a completely different technique and approach. I’m always learning and exploring new techniques that push me further with each new piece.
As my life changes, so do my work.
BIO
Hilma was born and raised in the Netherlands. She discovered her interest and love for painting many years ago, while living in Bonaire.
In the past 20 years, Hilma followed multiple art classes and workshops offered by established and successful artists in South Florida and Curaçao. She has learned to work with very different techniques, styles, and materials.
After many years of painting, she made the transition from representational to abstract art. While Hilma’s work is generally non-objective, it sometimes also depicts hints of a seascape or flowers in abstract form, leaving room for the imagination to tell its own story.
Over the years she developed her own “unique voice” coming deep from inside. Sometimes it’s full of vibrating energy and sometimes there is a sense of mystery and serene stillness, which makes you wonder what’s going on in the mind of this artist. You can always feel her passion, and she takes you with her energy, into her own created world.
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