“Is there ONE painting, book, stencil, sculpture, or piece of architecture that truly inspires you in your daily work?”

“De Baadster” (The Bathing Girl) by Léon Spilliaert

Ever since I can remember, I’ve had this poster in my old bedroom at my parents’ house. Flemish artist Léon Spilliaert (1881-1946) was the first one ever whose works spoke to me in a special way and made me want to create art myself, as a little girl. The colours and composition captivate a feeling that can’t be described in words. Spilliaert was a master in valuing the silence of an image and the desperateness of emotions. The way he puts down lines and shades is mesmerising… Nowadays, I still have a clipped picture of the image on my “wall of inspiration” that I look at daily, and I truly still feel his artistic influence on my own work every day”... Ephameron