Nowadays, landscapes are rendered less realistically and more as expressive fantasy. Dorian Hiethaar still paints on site in her regular ‘favourite’ forest. With a British pop art-like freshness, she simplifies trees, shrubs, ponds and vistas into chunky, decorative forms. While the dry painting sty
...le suggest that she uses acrylic paint, it is actually oil paint. Fun fact: Hiethaar spent her childhood near the wooded Gorssel region, where Museum MORE is located, and later again experienced such happy times.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, GorsselNowadays, landscapes are rendered less realistically and more as expressive fantasy. Dorian Hiethaar still paints on site in her regular ‘favourite’ forest. With a British pop art-like freshness, she simplifies trees, shrubs, ponds and vistas into chunky, decorative forms. While the dry painting style suggest that she uses acrylic paint, it is actually oil paint. Fun fact: Hiethaar spent her childhood near the wooded Gorssel region, where Museum MORE is located, and later again experienced such happy times.
Text: Chris Reinewald
From: Museum MORE: 100 jaar realisme, 2020, Gorssel