Nikkie le Nobel
By building layer upon layer, Nikkie le Nobel (1959) creates impressions of nature in abstracted spaces. 'The ambiguity of our perception is a reason for me to layer my paintings and drawings.
Both in the use of paint and in the composition of the image.
This way, I can investigate both the formal qualities of a painting and the interpretations that arise from the relationship between the different image layers. The shapes arise intuitively, arising from the behavior of the paint, or strictly directed, and looking realistic. The relationship they enter into with each other fascinates me, as does that between the flat surface and the illusion of spaciousness. Often one of the image layers consists of a different material; an embroidered layer or a flocked, velvety layer.
This allows me to create a layer that distinguishes itself from the other layers and gives a feeling of enrichment and intensity to my canvases. My starting point is often shapes from nature. Precisely these forms, by not being loaded with meanings, give me the space to create images to which I can give meaning while painting without wanting to be narrative. The image in the final painting has become removed from reality and touches on something else, on sensory, feelings and suggestion, without wanting to be narrative.'
Graduated from the Art Academy, Tilburg in 1987
Exhibitions throughout the Netherlands, France and Spain since 1987.
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