Denise Buisman Pilger is included in a group exhibition at Centre Culturel de Pierrefonds, near Montreal. "I love traveling and because I move around a lot and live in different countries for a couple of years, I have a lot of opportunities to travel around and get inspired by the places I visit. I think as a traveller you have a unique view of the places you visit, you will notice things that the people that live there take for granted and might not notice anymore," comments Buisman Pilger, who has promoted her art with a Premiere Portfolio at absolutearts.com since Spring 2010.
IMAGE
Artist: Denise Buisman Pilger
Title: Seattle
Year: 2009
Medium: Mixed Media
Width: 121 cm
Height: 60.5 cm
Depth: 1.5 cm
Edition Size: Original
Price: US$ 1,116
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Denise Buisman Pilger continues, "In my ‘Traveling the World’ series I try to capture the, for me, essential elements of a place I’ve visited and put them in one single image that represents that place for me.
"In my work I combine my love for photography and painting. When I’m on a trip I tend to make a LOT of pictures and I always make them with the idea of making a piece out of them later. A habit that is not always appreciated by the people I travel with because it usually results in me stopping at every street corner to snap a picture of that weird looking street sign, trash can or building. I like to use unusual angles when photographing some buildings because when I combine them with building photographed at a regular angle it gives the piece a surreal quality. When creating a piece I want it to look like one image at first sight. And then, when you start looking closely, you will see buildings and streets flowing into each other, the longer you look at it the more you will see. People who are familiar with the city the piece is based on will recognise the buildings but not necessarily the city itself. My pieces are not meant to be an accurate representation of the places I have visited, but my impression of them.
"I use both digital photo manipulation as well as actual collage techniques and combine this with acrylic paints and sometimes thickening agents. I use an acrylic gel transfer technique to transfer my pictures to the canvas. I’m especially fond of textures and layering in paintings and will often use a paper mâché technique to get some extra texture in my backgrounds. I work on stretched canvas instead of paper because I like the texture of the canvas and I believe it gives a piece more body.
"This ongoing series will keep expanding as I keep traveling the world...
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