Anna Mes - Giclee, Abstract - Sold

Anna Mes (Koog aan de Zaan, 1935) mainly creates large abstract works that stand out because the areas of color are connected like a patchwork. In these color areas one finds a lively visual language of surreal signs, carvings and remnants of North Holland landscapes and buildings. Originally a textile designer, she masters many disciplines, including gouache. Mes' gouache works are much smaller and more introverted than her expressive canvases. Mes gets her inspiration, among other things, from her walks along the Kamperduinse beach near Alkmaar. During these walks along the coastline she studies the light and the splendor of colors. That northern light returns again and again in her compositions, with a bright overexposed color scheme that almost feels Scandinavian. Not surprising, because she spent quite some time in Sweden. The creation of the paintings and work on paper takes place in small steps. Mes states: ''Everything revolves around feeling and order. I am constantly organizing, nothing but organizing. And so I try to make things whole. My sadness, my drama, my love is in the landscape I look at. You can see from my work what is going on inside me. My canvases are not separate from my life.”