WENDY LAMMERSCHAAG, ARTIST

MASTERS GALLERY highlights weekly art works by prominent artists. After Wendy Lammerschaag was diagnosed with MS in 2019, she decided to pursue her long-held dream: to make the world a little more beautiful with her art.Text: Larissa Schaule Jullens
Image: Wendy Lammerschaag

You Can Do This Collection

"In my abstract works, depth and color are paramount. I first put together a color palette and then work with it. With color and form, I give meaning to the painting. While painting abstract work, I look for myself to find the perfect balance between color, contrast and depth. When I am working on an abstract work, I become completely immersed in a world of colors and shapes. While painting, I often get a feeling about the painting and I then attach an appropriate title to it. All the titles of this collection have an empowering meaning. Like this painting, it bears the name A Shot Of Love. This work was the last one I added to the collection. It depicts my love for painting. For this collection, I was inspired by man's vision of life and light. I find it breathtaking to see what light can do with color and form."

Goodbye Angelina

"Nothing is as changeable as a cloud. Without you realizing it, it changes structure, color and shape. It is often exactly the same in life. For me, a cloud is the most abstract form of realistic art, because you can see in it whatever you want. After I found out in 2019 that I have MS, my world was turned upside down. For days I spent on the couch and entertained myself by looking at clouds. Goodbye Angelina is one of the first clouds I painted. I wanted to create a kind of dream world where anything was possible and would feel soft. And so the first fluffy cloud was "born"! When I paint clouds, I actually imagine myself in a soft cloud world. In that moment I feel and think of nothing else for a moment. Painting clouds works for me as a kind of pause button with which I temporarily stop the world. I want the viewer to feel that he or she is among the clouds."

Fluorescent Dream

"This is one of my more recent works. I painted a cloud out of quiet color tones interspersed with a soft purple glow. I created depth in the painting with the fluorescent pink color I incorporated behind the dark mass of clouds. It gives the illusion that there is more to see behind this cloud. To paint my clouds, I work with pigments, acrylics and mediums. When I begin a cloud, I often do not know in advance in detail how I want it. I am guided by my feelings. Often warm colors emerge from that, but sometimes a cool color palette as can be seen in this cloud. As for the form, sometimes I want a playful form with busy contours and other times I go for a quiet form. In my cloud paintings I portray what I have felt during the time I painted it. I rarely reveal the meanings of my clouds. I prefer to see the viewer give a meaning to it himself."

Take a look at Wendy Lammerschaag's website here.