Eelke Van Hoof
Statement
Often my work is being described as spiritual. The term I like to use now is ‘mysterious abstract’. For a lot of people it evokes a sense of otherworldliness, other dimensions or the spirit world. I always try to connect the heavenly and earthly realms by applying both dark and light colours and often using earth materials like sand and clay to ground the work against the more ethereal colour washes.
The element of water plays an important role during my working process because it stimulates the natural flow of energies inside myself and the letting go of control. Oftentimes I let the flow of water decide what the basis of my composition will be. From there on I build up my work in mostly transparent layers always being completely surprised what the end result will be.
‘Art can be an expression of the transformational processes we undergo both through the act of creating as well as experiencing it’
