Femkes Hiemstras art has distinct qualities of an old fairytale, sort of an original version of pre Brothers Grimm and Disney. It is dark and a little bit scary but nevertheless magical, beautiful and unusual. Her paintings, is a place where various inanimate objects come alive and gain personalities.
The atmosphere that she gives to her paintings, works particularly well on the surfaces that she uses. On her website, there is a number of old book covers that she enhances, as well as other found objects like metal boxes and various wood panels.
Many of her paintings have typography integrated within the composition; presumably this approach is used to enhance the compositional values as well as the narrative. Typeface is very important as well, as it tends to pull the composition together.
On her website, when she talks about her work, she tells us that: “I’d like to tell stories in paint. The narrative involves characters, and flora and fauna and is part real, part fictional. I am also very attracted to contrasts; I’m cheerful of character so humour is part of my stories, but I am also drawn to darker themes that involve strong emotions like battles, a hunt, a lost or tragic love or the romantic death. ”
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