Tulip light II by Bianca ter Riet

About "Tulip light II"

by Bianca ter Riet

About the artwork

Tulip Light is a hushed and powerful sculpture in which simplicity, rhythm and colour come together to create a poetic composition. Five white tulips, arranged tightly and symmetrically, rise from a round, white vase. The flowers are stylistically and stylistically rendered - without detail or shading - making them almost iconic. This reduction to the essence gives the show a timeless, universal appeal.

What brings this work to life is the background: wide, sunburst-like strips in earthy tones such as mustard yellow, warm orange and powder pink fan out from behind the bouquet. These rays create not only depth and dynamism, but also a sense of light source and direction. They suggest that the tulips not only stand in the light, but are themselves the light - or are shaped by it.

The title Tulip Light underlines this double meaning: the work plays with the association between light and bloom, between energy and form. The tulips here seem to act as channels of light, symbolising brightness, simplicity and the awakening of something new. This is reminiscent of early morning, when the first rays of sunlight enter a room and quietly illuminate everything - without sound, but full of presence.

The use of colour is warm but subdued, the texture reminiscent of screen-printed or hand-dyed canvases, giving the work a tactile, almost retro aesthetic. Yet the whole remains modern and bright. Tulip Light is thus a work that brings calm, but also radiates a certain hope and direction - as if to say: here is the beginning, here is the light. Modern abstract.

Conceived by Bianca ter Riet, visualized with AI.