About - Botanicus collection
The Botanicus collection created by Marianne Hendriks is an nonlinear trail of thoughts on how nature is perceived by the artist. The Botanicus collection is a series of portraitures of nature, with human-like characters. The artist references traditional historic icon paintings from the Egyptian and mediaeval eras, representing worshipping images and putting the story of nature at the center instead.
The artworks are representing thoughts and reactions to how nature can be represented, you can see that there are multiple versions of representations created within a time section and or referring and rethinking previous artworks by the artist. With the mind set of exploring effects that intention of creation can create a different outcome each time.
The artist also explores geometrical and architectural structures and formations of form with structures that are strongly influenced by her degree in architecture and design.
The representation switches between attributes and contradictions, from inverted to exerted, light versus dark, smooth versus structured, perfection versus imperfection, the what is shown and what is not shown, complexity versus simplicity. The artist also has applied optical effects, these are means of looking into a scene of greenery and then deciding to read it differently and to restructure its appearance. The artist implies that thought determines how nature and our surroundings are perceived.
The Botanicus collection is painted in oil with the direct brushstroke technique in the alla prima and impasto technique with a chromatic colour palette, allowing the artist's hand to really be apparent and to exemplify movement and structures.
About - In Uncertainty collection
The In Uncertainty collection is a response to current uncertain political times and to enter an uncertain terrain as an artist. The artist's response is to create freely and allow herself to go into different directions within the main concept of uncertainty, allowing the work to fail altogether within creation, in order to possibly succeed.
The collection represents merged reality and fiction. Marianne Hendriks plays with the thought process of truth being currency and power. Where blindsiding and altering perception has become an accepted perception of truth.
The artist plays with subtle still live themes of theatrical Statuesque frozen scenes, that are almost too good to be true where fiction perhaps becomes reality, by retelling a story differently, for a more favourable outcome. The paintings are filled with hidden meanings and withhold references to symbolism and art history. The colours are altered to surpass reality, appearing artificially bright and sugary. The still lives portray fruits that are overly ripe, setting scenes out of a dream where nothing appears to look wrong apart from the undercurrent that everything is in the act of floating, falling or has fallen, with draped curtains covering parts of the scenery, perfect blue sky’s, where failure is perhaps not even permitted.
The In Uncertainty is painted on traditional portrait flax linen. The technique applied is influenced by traditional renaissance masters. The oil paint is applied in glazing methods and Trompe-l-oeil techniques are applied and the sfumato veiling to allow depth and complexity. The paintings have between fifteen to thirty layers applied. Marianne Hendriks extends architectural elements by applying the Quadratura technique, creating optical perspective theories of the 17th century allowing a more fully integrated approach to architectural illusions.
About - Journal collection
The Journal collection paintings and drawings are an ongoing collection that is intended to create freely as an artist and to be able to share work outside the restraints of a formal collection and gallery setting. The Journal collection is based on diary pages of the artist and are portraying thoughts and experiences and memories.
Marianne Hendriks’s family also has a long tradition of painting in watercolour and carrying a small watercolour tin box around. The small illustrations are often passed around and gifted to each other in letters and on birthdays or holidays. Drawings and illustrations are intimate and joyous and are at the core of all of Marianne Hendriks’s work and creation process.The Journal collection are paintings on traditional archival cotton paper with variations in medium, created with aquarelle, gouache, shellac ink, colour pencil and oil paint.
Limited editions
The limited editions are based on the original paintings of Marianne Hendriks. The limited prints are in certified Giclée printing format. The limited editions are made officially with the artist's approval, the artist guaranties the amount that will be printed. The print numbers are 1/30, the number proceeds in chronological order of sales. Bespoke sizes fall within the nearest standard - listed sizes and will be marked on the Certificate of authenticity as 'adjusted size format'.
Giclee print
The Giclée prints are gallery standard, created by the renowned print house Re-art and are part of the 'Fine Art Trade Guild'. The Certified Art Giclée™ logo guarantees highest quality and longevity of the giclée’s and is provided with a certificate of authenticity.
Material & environment
The paper used is traditional cotton paper with beautiful appearance and strength. Giclee inks are chemical-free, water-based and have no harmful effect on the environment. The paper types are composed of natural raw materials, pH neutral and free of chemical brighteners and adhesives. Printing inks and paper and packaging are completely free of chemicals and plastics and are of natural materials only.
Digitalisation art work
All paintings are professionally digitised by the renowned Print house Re-art, known for their pioneering work in digitalisation and print. The specialised team of Re-art digitalises every artwork to the highest quality and resolution, using the most current developed technology in digitalisation. The digitalisation method Cruse Synchron scanner is used by major museums in the world, including the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The paintings are captured in multiple images with optimised precision repro lenses of the Cruse Synchron scanner, every square millimetre of the original has exactly the same exposure, ensuring optimal precision in colour, light and texture.
Certified
The Certified Art Giclée™ is provided with a certificate of authenticity with an embossing. This certificate of authenticity contains all important information about the edition. It contains an image of the artwork, the artist's name, title, website, edition, number of EAs*, and master printer. The certificates have a blind print with quality mark, numbering and signature of the artist and master printer.
Print information
1/30
A3 / A2 / A1 / A0
Guilt certified art Giclée
Acid free
Eco DE
Print house Re-Art
Cotton
Archival ink
Light soft texture
GCM 308g
Colour white