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HannaBlue
Website: http://www.hannablue.exto.be
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My name is An-Johanna De Blauwe, I sign my artwork as Hannablue.
I was born in Brugge , Belgium, march 26th 1973, and am now living in a very quiet little village next to Lokeren.
I am mother of two sons, living independently.
Ever since I was a little girl, nobody has ever been able to keep me from drawing and painting.
I have always been looking for ways to communicate, other than the spoken word.
My goal is to be able to live from my art, and cross international borders so I can reach out to other cultures and minorities, to spread no-nonsense messages made from a women’s point of view, about courage, spirituality, purity and universal wisdom of life.
My paintings are usually very colourful, sometimes have a ceramic-looking, touchable surface, and relate to poetry in images…
Mainly I work with acrylics on canvasses that have a different shape than the normal squares, but I also like trying out other mediums like ink, textile paints, natural pigments, oil pastels, water paint, graphite and charcoal.
As a challenge, I prefer to use the most unpractical tools to come to results, avoiding the use of the classical brush as much as possible.
I am autodidact, but have a large range of competences.
My top priority is to work only with canvasses and paint of the highest quality, for expositions as well as for companies when asked to make personalised paintings in assignment.
I am frequently coaching children and adults during workshops in my own atelier.
Helping them to find back freedom of expression and creativity, liberating them from the fear to fail; This can work therapeutically sometimes.
I am also an independent teacher for a group of people with autism in a special school, something I do for free.
Locally I work together frequently with the city of Lokeren to ignite new cultural projects which enhance the promotion of all artists in our region.