Bank in Stralen by Bianca ter Riet

About "Bank in Stralen"

by Bianca ter Riet

About the artwork

Bank in Beams is a hushed, graphic composition in which form and light merge to create an image that looks both retro and timeless. At the centre is a lilac-purple sofa with soft curves, supported by graceful Queen Anne legs of light wood. These elegant legs are subtly matched to the warm colour of the half-sun rising behind the sofa, as if the piece of furniture itself generates or welcomes the light.

From the centre of this half-sun, rays fan out in perfectly proportional courses, like a sundial in motion. The rays are tightly and rhythmically placed, forming a powerful visual structure that gives the image both grip and direction. These rays do not surround the bench, but almost carry it - as if the sun elevates it into something symbolic.

The combination of vector-like clarity and linoprint-like texture gives the work a special tactility. The background is white, empty, pure: a canvas of silence against which the form and light speak all the more strongly. There is no excess, no details that distract. Everything is present in its simplicity.

The title Bench in Rays emphasises that central tension between the earthly (the bench as a symbol of comfort, presence, perhaps even companionship) and the sublime (light, space, energy). The bench is not simply in a room, but ín the light - as the centre of a symbolic universe. The work invites stillness, reflection and perhaps even wonder at how the mundane can suddenly seem sacred. Modern Abstract.

Conceived by Bianca ter Riet, visualized with AI.