In this work, I played with softness and stillness. You look out over a landscape of rolling mountains and flowing water, with large, flowing flower and leaf shapes in the foreground. Everything is painted in light, almost pastel shades of green, ochre yellow and soft blue, making the image feel like a memory or a dream. The sun hangs low and round above the horizon, warm yellow, without sharp light but full of presence.
What I wanted to evoke with this painting is a sense of space, of breathing, of standing still for a moment in a world that flows on. The shapes are deliberately left fluid and open, without hard lines or contrasts. The flowers and leaves frame the landscape like a natural framework, without being dominant. It is an image that invites you to keep looking, without asking anything of you.
For me, this is an ode to simplicity, colour and softness, a moment of peace in form and paint.
Conceived by Thijs Schouten, visualized with AI.
Thijs Schouten, 38 years old, living in Hoevelaken. For over 15 years active with photography and as a child always had a camera in his hands. Photography is (besides his girlfriend and two daughters) his big passion.more information can be found at: https://www.thijsschouten.com.. Read more…