Although she has a studio, Svelte Thys finds her place at the edge of it; literally against the outside wall. A simple brick wall, fitted with two nails: one for small work, one for larger work. The light plays freely there. Her special connection with light and her fascination with nature are an essential part of her practice.
Her paintings and drawings are closely intertwined with nature. They originate from walks along the edges of her living environment, or return to the back garden that borders her world. The work shows fragments of nature: excerpts in which the seasons seem to dissolve. Moments frozen in time, in which the silent anger of a bumblebee searching for nectar becomes palpable, blades of grass turn their backs to the sky, or mushrooms wriggle out of the ground.
It is these visible brushstrokes that we want to hold on to, reinforced by the poetic titles that Svelte gives them, which dig deeper into the springtime of our memory.
Her paintings and drawings are closely intertwined with nature. They originate from walks along the edges of her living environment, or return to the back garden that borders her world. The work shows fragments of nature: excerpts in which the seasons seem to dissolve. Moments frozen in time, in which the silent anger of a bumblebee searching for nectar becomes palpable, blades of grass turn their backs to the sky, or mushrooms wriggle out of the ground.
It is these visible brushstrokes that we want to hold on to, reinforced by the poetic titles that Svelte gives them, which dig deeper into the springtime of our memory.
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