2008 MIDDELBURG Netherlands : Lost worlds

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Gabriella Cleuren, Admirers with dog, 2009

Aquarel on Steinbach paper, 20 x 15 cm (7 13/16 x 5 7/8 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Lonely, 2008

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 73 x 110 cm (28 3/4 x 43 1/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Along the beach, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 20 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Along the dyke, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 30 x 20 cm (11 3/4 x 7 7/8 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Anonymous 02, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Beach Tahiti 01, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 13 x 18 cm (5 1/16 x 7 1/16 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Beach Tahiti 02, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 18 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Behind the dyke 01, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 20 x 30 cm (7 7/8 x 11 3/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Evening 03, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 29 x 42 cm (11 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Evening 04, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 29 x 42 cm (11 3/8 x 16 1/2 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Loneliness 01, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 54 x 73 cm (21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Loneliness 02, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 54 x 73 cm (21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Loneliness 04, 2007

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 54 x 73 cm (21 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Passers by, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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€ 197

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Gabriella Cleuren, Raquenez 01, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 20 x 15 cm (7 5/16 x 5 5/16 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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€ 197

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Gabriella Cleuren, Raquenez 03, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 18 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Raquenez 04, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 27 x 18 cm (10 5/8 x 7 1/8 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Reading, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Cow, 2006

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 73 x 54 cm (28 5/8 x 21 1/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Ditch, 2006

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 73 x 54 cm (28 3/4 x 21 1/4 in.)

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Gabriella Cleuren, Coral beach, 2006

Highly pigmented acrylics on prepared Steinbach 250/300 g/mg paper, 110 x 73 cm (43 1/4 x 28 3/4 in.)

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Loneliness is a contemporary disease. In my work of the outside worlds she takes an important place.

I used totally abandoned landscapes as I knew them from Bonaire, where I lived for many years, as metaphors for solitude, memories of desolate worlds. A large part of the Caribbean island, nature reserve, was scanty, blood beautiful, with few people or sometimes a single human being that I consciously placed in the abandoned area. If you admire these empty worlds, you start to notice how full they are, filled with color, shape, mystery, a rare tree or trees, withered flowerings, creatures, birds and rocks, memories of the past: petroglyphs of the Arawaks.

The emptiness is full, filled with not immediately remarked presence, strange skies and clouds, lonely beauty.

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Gabriella Cleuren, Raquenez 02, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 18 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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Gabriella Cleuren, Raquenez 05, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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Gabriella Cleuren, Family Beach Tahiti, 2006

Watercolor on paper, 15 x 20 cm (5 5/16 x 7 5/16 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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€ 197

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Gabriella Cleuren, At the sea Raquenez, 2007

Watercolor on paper, 18 x 27 cm (7 1/8 x 10 5/8 in.)

Brittany’s nature is a powerful primeval element, especially the ocean that violently crashes against the rocks and the seashore, but also leads to magnificent beaches and islands. That fascination for sand and water is visible in my works‘; the remarkable daily occurring sandy connection of the mainland to the island of Raquenez is the theme. The tide exposes the corridor or closes it at moment’s notice. This rhythm repeats itself every six hours and gives the passageway a very significant charm, where people repetitively discover small crustaceans, shells, wondrous rocks and creeks, spending hours in exploration, fascinated by all treasures that wash up from the sea, which are never identical.

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€ 247