Carry Van Delft

Simone Cappa

Carry van Delft works empha­size the aes­thetic of a spir­i­tual jour­ney that is at once his­tor­i­cally embed­ded and intensely inti­mate and per­sonal. They awaken our emo­tional mem­ory, and empower us to see more than the can­vas sur­face. Her work encour­ages us to believe that a paint­ing should not end on the can­vas; it should encour­age view­ers to cre­ate worlds of their own. The work of Delft allows us to do just that. Pas­sion­ately com­mit­ted to explor­ing the inher­ent prop­er­ties, color and power of paint, Delft’s ardor for life is evi­dent in each of her paint­ings. As an exper­i­men­tal and dynamic artist, Delft effort­lessly con­vinces us that she has not only per­fected her craft, but that she also has an impec­ca­ble instinct for the emo­tion­ally evoca­tive power of color, move­ment, tex­ture and shape. Her works evoke a sense of abun­dance; swirling arabesques of color, in bril­liant and vivid shades of blue, yel­low and green, are rich, lux­u­ri­ous, sen­su­ous, fluid and overflowing.

Music plays a key role in both the com­po­si­tion and con­clu­sion of Delft’s work. Act­ing as part of the cre­ative process—in that it takes the artist into a trance, open­ing her cre­ative chan­nels, thus mak­ing Delft ready to con­ceive the piece. The con­struc­tion of her works, from com­po­si­tion, to the lay­ing down of shapes, col­ors, and tex­tures, trans­port us to another dimen­sion; each work tells a story based on the artist’s search for the “sound of color”. It is here, bask­ing in the light of her forms that our own thoughts and ideas come into play. In L Ombre des Arbres, and Je Regar­dais, Delft refines her own unique method­ol­ogy of paint­ing into a inno­v­a­tive and inter­na­tion­ally acclaimed art form.

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