Hailing from Amsterdam in The Netherlands, artist Femke Hiemstra’s meticulously tight, jewel like mixed media paintings
and exquisitely rendered black and white drawings are homes to a dark
fairytale land where inanimate objects come to life and frolic with
animal neighbors. Lollipops become ship captains, strawberries become
giant wrestlers, and vegetables become Halloween gods with lantern eyes.
Femke occasionally uses typography in her work, using words from
various languages and letters in her paintings to further enhance the
narrative while still retaining a playful sense of mystery, or as a
visual device to frame in the scenery, as if you were looking at her
world through a secret window. She also uses found objects to paint on,
such as boxes and wrappers, to create imaginary products with magical
properties.
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"In my work I anthropomorphize animals and nature and let them roam in a
dark, fairytale like world, together with all sorts of characters and inanimates."
[Femke Hiemstra]
[Femke Hiemstra]
Images Courtesy Of [Femke Hiemstra]
