The project Surrender to the woodland, arose from an intrinsic need to be in the forest. Every day, with a canvas of 2 x 6 m, Iris goes to an sheltered spot with a fallen tree. She uses the tree as an easel and paints the essence of the forest in Chinese ink.
You can see the result on 1, 2, 8, & 9 june 2024
Notre Dame Des Arts, Rijksstraatweg 37 Ubbergen, The Netherlands
Images bubble up from Iris’s subconscious. They’re symbolic images that originate in impressions, concepts or emotions. In contrast to her applied murals, the oil paintings are completely free and associatively, arising from an intrinsic need. Here’s a look at Iris’s consciousness made unconsciousness.
“Homo Animalus”
We are all animals.
Iris van Valkenhoef 