Zen feelings in the forest by AnkieArt

A few lines and accents, the simplicity of this image suits me. I minimize an image by keeping it clean and small with contrasting colors.
These lines spill out with delicate tender leaves, like the branches of a tree,. Greatly simplified in a minimalist image.

The use of color in this case is bright, red, black and white. This makes it an expressive representation in a minimalist design, for example, an eye-catcher without making it restless.

This work is digitally drawn, abstract with soft curves, which softens the hard contrasting colors. Inspired by nature, as always.

I am always fascinated by nature and that flora in particular. the diversity, the beauty, the power.

I look at nature, flowers and plants and all the beauty that mother earth has to offer us. I live it, experience it, feel it and that moves me.
I see the strength and the vulnerability, the wonder and the beauty and all this gives peace, warmth, love.

We should cherish and love this. Nature can do very well without man, we cannot do without nature!

This artwork is offered by AnkieArt

Has it ever been different?

I was always drawing ー as early as primary school, the margin of my notebooks was full of scribbles that didn't have much to do with what was supposed to be there. A lot of nature, especially flora.

The older I got, the more impressed I became with nature: the blooms, the awe-inspiring beauty, the details of flora.
I kept drawing that in everything I did. On paper, digitally, more or less minimalist and sometimes abstract. The playful minimalism and harmony of line drawings fit me like a warm coat. The rendering of transparency and contrasts clarify the essence of the subject and create a calm image. Sleek and sober with sometimes a fresh accent, that's what I love.

My work was used several times in the television programme 'VT-Wonen, fall in love with your house again'. In the coffee book of 'Werk aan de muur', an anniversary edition published in 2022, a page was dedicated to my work.

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