Barbara Beeckmans - Welcome



















 

 

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Drawing is diving into the soul.
Drawing is diving into the richness of the soul.
I call this my breath and my golden light and living blood

Ink, watercolor, or etching on a smaller scale I experience as a handful of pure matter, little matter, which nevertheless can be a carrier of one world, of a story, of the images of the soul. I like that.

And I love the intimacy and honesty of pen or etching needle - that's how I experience this. Still the richness of the image cannot be exhausted.

These images I do not think up in advance. Completely absorbed in the act of drawing, they appear out of myself, as they want to come now, and as I am able now to render them, clear and living. These gems emerge slowly, in a silence that always comes back.

Integrity of creation - to understand that this work does not want to be bigger, but still wants to be deeper and more sincere - is the heart of what I do.
Being an artist is not my choice. Art is a vital passion which I cannot escape, and that only gets stronger with the years - but: a passion that is experienced in immense gratitude ... It is my breath, and my golden light and living blood.

I was born in 1971.
I live in Ghent, Belgium.