Thousands of stars (A thousand stars) by Sabrine Strijbos

Thousands of stars.

The universe is a fascinating thing. When I close my eyes and try to imagine the universe, I see thousands of stars and planets, an explosion of colors against a deeply dark background.

That's what I wanted to visualize in this painting. The turquoise cloud symbolizes those thousands of stars standing out brightly against the dark blue - and burgundy.

I made this painting with the 'dirty pour' technique, which I always find an exciting technique myself, because you can never control exactly what the end result is going to be. This keeps me inspired and interested and I can keep looking at the special shapes on the canvas.

This painting fits beautifully in an interior with natural, quiet colors or on a beautiful, dark wall. The colors just splash off

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Painting gives me a feeling of joy, of freedom, of relaxation. As soon as I put a snow white, new canvas on the easel, I only think about the canvas. What shall I make, what inspiration do I have? I like variety, I have many interests. That diversity is also reflected in the different techniques and colours I use. Some people find this confusing. I love that confusion, it gives color to many subjects.

The beauty of painting is that I use very expressive and exuberant colors. They really make a statement. Unlike me in my daily life, I prefer a modest and unpretentious attitude towards my own achievements. A nice contrast with my paintings.

I love positivity and authenticity. Colour gives me the opportunity to look at the world in a different way.

I have been painting all my life. When I was 12 years old I already had the oil paint brush in my hand and made all kinds of small paintings. Only when I was older I discovered watercolour painting and I surprised my sister José with a private edition of our book "Child Thoughts". In it I illustrated José's poems with watercolours. Her poems are about the capacity for wonder. Publisher Terra picked this up and together with José we published the book "Between Colour and Broken Light", of which more than 1000 copies were sold.

Only after a journey through South Africa with my husband Peter I was captivated by the mighty wild animals during the gamedrives! In my mind I could not let go of these anima

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