The basis for this abstract work is a monotype or monoprint made with a gelliplate and acrylic paint. A unique handmade and one-off work, only one print can be made of your design. The graphic printing technique and the paper used create all kinds of structures and effects. This makes it interesting to look at. I call the work dyslexia, not being able to read and write properly and not being able to comprehend text. In the background you see a soup of letters and in the middle the dark structure of the brain that cannot process all the words. Communication in writing then becomes very difficult and you can feel like an outsider. The main colour is orange with fuchsia and blue-green next to it. The warm tones contrast with the cool tones. Hopeful and optimistic orange against the coolness of misunderstanding that dyslexic people can experience.
My name is Lida Bruinen, I was born in 1962. After years of drawing mandalas with colored pencil I was ready for more intense materials. In the past I worked with watercolors, but now I mainly choose to paint with acrylics, often in combination with collage. However,.. Read more…