MONIQUE WERKHOVEN

MONIQUE WERKHOVEN - ARTIST STATEMENT

Artist and multi-instrumentalist musician Monique Werkhoven currently resides in Brisbane, Meanjin. Originally from Newcastle/Hunter valley, Awabakal Country.

Monique’s artistic style is pop surrealist, low brow and definitively outsider art.

Monique says “I am usually found drawing, doodling and painting. Spending time imagining, contemplating and inquisitively looking at nature, until bursts of creative energy come along.

The characters flow subconsciously from the hand and land on the chosen medium.

The works have a child-like playfulness, often exploding with bright colours and repetitive patterns, creating a fun and uplifting vibe. They are often a little cheeky.

The main reason for creating art is self-preservation, an outlet for expression. A place to find solace, to escape and lose yourself in. To make something that is uniquely yours in this world. Sharing a peek inside, outside with the viewer. “

- Monique Werkhoven © 2023

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