0029/2975 on the contrary

by Elisabeth Donkers

**Between the lines** Sometimes a piece begins with nothing more than a line. A movement that emerges without me knowing where it is heading. I follow it, add to it, let it go and start again. This is how layers, planes and shapes come into being, meeting one another and sometimes disappearing again.

In this piece, grey and gold interplay. The soft grey planes form a backdrop of movement and depth. Over them, graphite lines dance, as if creating a language of their own. Three golden shapes catch my eye. They seem to detach themselves briefly from the whole, lending the work a warm, almost tranquil accent.

I enjoy working from dark to gold. Not by planning everything in advance, but by discovering, layer by layer, what is allowed to emerge. Sometimes something becomes visible; sometimes it disappears again beneath a new layer. For me, that is precisely where the beauty of the process lies.

There is plenty to discover in this work, but nothing needs to have a fixed meaning. Perhaps you’ll see symbols, thoughts or movements in it. Perhaps you’ll discover something quite different. I like to leave room for whatever your eye finds in it. A work in which spontaneity and tranquillity meet. With a touch of gold here and there.