I was born and grew up in the land of the Maas and the Waal, an area between two rivers and close to Germany. From an early age, crossing borders evoked other feelings in me and impressed me because everything was different there. It gave me a feeling of freedom and of not being constrained by everything I had experienced within my own borders. The real freedom consists in being able to empathise with something, in being able to open yourself to the unknown; opening in love to the worlds; exploring boundaries and crossing them.
Compare these boundaries with the frames of a work of art, for example a painting.
Matter and Mystery
Crossing boundaries in abstract art, for example, where works generally have no direct meaning, is an important issue for the artist. In their work, they regularly cross borders, both in technique and in execution. I am only satisfied when I myself am convinced of the mystical charge of the work.
My latest project is all about the coherence of matter [what you see] and mystery [what you feel]. Any other viewer will have different stories or feelings than the composer. A good abstract work is alive and can therefore never be called finished.
As Mondrian said:
"Art expresses visually the evolution of life: evolution of mind and (but in the opposite direction) evolution of matter."
Geert is VISUAL ART MASTER of the Accademia Italia In Arte Nel Mondo Association Cultural.
