In 2020, van der Ploeg has displayed the “abandoned” swimming pool in her temporary backyard. In a beautiful series of collages we recognize the Pool in different appearances, with water that turns from blue to toxic green. Over 60 works were created in the period from March till December 2020.
The works have a “Hockney” like presence, but because of her technique of painting sheets of paper and cardboard which she then uses as a “palette”, van der Ploeg finds a very own way of reflecting reality.
With her training at the Wackers Academy, an academy to teach artists to work in a Realist style, we see that the mastery of technology gives van der Ploeg a freedom to play with her subjects. The swimming pool goes from recognizable to almost abstract lines and forms.