Odilon Redon
The Dream
1904
oil on canvas
private collection
Odilon Redon
Roger and Angelica
1910
pastel on paper on canvas
92,7 x 73 cm
Odilon Redon
Trees on a yellow background
1901
oil, tempera, charcoal, pastel on canvas
247 x 173 cm
Musée d’Orsay
"I have always felt the need to copy small, accidental objects from nature. Only after I have gone to great lengths to faithfully reproduce a blade of grass, a branch or an old wall do I suddenly feel that I need to create something from my imagination. This is how nature becomes my source of inspiration."
“Every stroke of the brush, every line drawn, is an invitation into a world of infinite possibilities, where anything can happen”
“To create is to delve into the unknown, to embrace the uncertainty and embrace the chaos. It is this journey that art finds its truest form.”
Odilon Redon
Landscapes that are constantly changing through time, the influence of the weather and the intervention of man, forms the breeding ground for my visual work. The cycle of budding, growth and flowering, decay, dying and sprouting again determines the difference in forms, colours and atmosphere so characteristic of these different stages. This natural process, the rhythm of change, repetition or continuous progression, is also taking place within ourselves, something we tend to forget.
In the last few years my work has been shifting from exploring the visual world outside to the visual world inside as well. The connection between nature and me is a never-ending exploration, as I am part of it.
I feel a similarity between Redon's work and my own. He too often started from an observation of nature. It is precisely his way of working that creates a dimension beyond reality. The work is ambiguous and has something intangible.
Lydia Scheurleer, 2023
Lydia Scheurleer
High Tide 5
2021
Pen-bé series
handmade print, watercolour, pastel on craftliner
102 x 72 cm
Lydia Scheurleer
De Poel 11
2023
handmade print, marker, acrylic on canvas
30 x 24 cm
Lydia Scheurleer (NL)
'Pulse' Brainscape
2023
handmade print, conté, watercolour on paper
42 x 29,7 cm
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