Morphing
2009 – 2010
Liedeke Bulder
Earth laughs in flowers 路 Ralph Waldo Emerson
Morp 2009 – 2010
Liedeke Bulder
In my native country, the Netherlands, they have a saying, ‘Zeg het met bloemen’, which translates into ‘Say it with flowers’. Flowers are my roots. From the Dutch bulb culture to working my own gardens through the years in various locations, I have found a sense of wholeness and being part of the ever turning cycle of life… Flowers have always informed the imagery in my art work not as mere botanical illustrations but figurative symbols exploring the transformative cycles of our own lives. Now living in the tropical paradise of Kauai, I have orchids blooming by my back door. Like humans, fierce and fragile, full of life and abundance, shining and standing in the world, doing the one thing they can do before they recycle through darkness into new life…
I love the immediacy of drawing. In the past few years I have started using bistre, a pigment made from soot. Since this material was
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also used as a painting and drawing medium by the European Old Masters of the 15th - 18th centuries and still is in some of the art academies in Europe today, I feel connected to my past in a special way. The memento mori symbolism of soot, it’s color of earth and dirt fit the present intention in my work.
My process is very tactile and transient: Laying down bistre washes, drawing, taking away, lifting out, layering again, I become one with the piece, grounded in earth, searching for higher meaning and manifestation.
Liedeke Bulder Kauai 2010
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Icarus gesso, bistre, pastel and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper 22" x 10"
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Groundless gesso, bistre, pastel, gouache and colored pencil on Stonehenge paper 10" x 10"
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Cyclus gesso, bistre, watercolor, pastel and colored pencil on Kozo paper 24" x 36"
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To Gustav Klimt gesso, bistre, pastel and watercolor on Lanaquarelle paper 15" x 12"
A-part gesso, bistre, pastel and graphite on Lanaquarelle paper 15" x 12"
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Skywalker gesso, bistre, watercolor and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 22" x 30"
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Free Fall gesso, bistre, watercolor, gouache and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 30" x 22"
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Spider Orchid Study gesso, bistre, colored pencil, gouache and watercolor on Fabriano paper 15" x 12"
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Into the Light gesso, bistre, watercolor and pastel on Kozo paper 36" x 24"
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Morphing gesso, bistre, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil and transfer print on Kozo paper 36" x 24"
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Summer gesso, bistre, watercolor and pastel on Fabriano paper 22" x 15"
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Feuilles Mortes gesso, bistre, watercolor, pastel and colored pencil on Fabriano paper 30" x 22"
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Liedeke Bulder was born and raised a stone’s throw from the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Born into a family of artists, she has been painting and drawing as long as she can remember. Liedeke received formal training at the Academy of Art in Utrecht, the Netherlands, and has continued her studies over the years with various American and European artists. Her life’s journey has taken her many places. She operated a very successful decorative painting business in Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota, created and taught art in the Great Basin Desert of Nevada for many years and finally, in 2006, she and her husband followed their dream and moved to the Garden Island of Kauai where life is full of blooming and blossoming‌
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Selected Exhibitions
2010 · Halele`a Gallery, Kukui`ula Village, Kauai, HI: “Morphing” (solo) 2009 · Puka Gallery, Hanapepe, Kauai, HI: “Winged” (solo) 2009 · Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, HI: “Artists of Hawai`i” 2009 · Pegge Hopper Gallery, Honolulu, HI: “Choice Art 2” 2009 · Kukui Grove, Lihue, HI: “Art Kauai 2009” 2009 · Galerie 103, Kukui`ula Village, Kauai, HI: “Inaugural Exhibition” 2008 · Kukui Grove, Lihue, HI: “Art Kauai 2008” 2007 · Kukui Grove, Lihue, HI: “Art Kauai 2007” 2006 · Kukui Grove, Lihue, HI: “Small Works”, Kauai Society of Artists 2005 · ArtSource Gallery, Reno, NV: “You Know You’re a Nevadan, if…” 2004 · Northeastern Nevada Museum, Elko, NV: “From the Desert” (solo) 2002 · River Gallery, Reno, NV: “Great Basin Artists” 2002 · Nevada Arts Council Statewide Touring Exhibition: “Night” 2001 · Government Building, Carson City, NV: NV Arts Council, “LXS” (Legislative Exhibition Series)
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Š By Liedeke Bulder
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Earth laughs in flowers 路 Ralph Waldo Emerson