Chani Demuijlder Fine Art

Salt water. Sea. Ocean. Endless source of inspiration for writers, composers, visual artists... Always challenging. Sometimes cruel. Provider of food. And grave.  Beautiful. Benalmádena in the fog, a couple of days ago (quite seldom at this time of the year) Benalmádena Benalmádena Cádiz Cádiz San Pedro del Pinatar Tarifa Almuñécar Benálmadena

When words are tired and sentences get confused, colours and forms remain.  At least, there is no danger of using the wrong article, tense, preposition or case...  Red is red, yellow is yellow, waiting to be used pure or mixed. Vibrant without the need to talk.  Explosion Fire Loneliness

Doors .  The physical separation between the other and me, between the inside world and the viewer .  Open, they give the spectator a narrow view of the secret world of the occupants. Closed, they speak their own language as art work. Chefchaouen (Morocco) Chefchaouen (Morocco) Chefchaouen (Morocco) Tarifa (Spain) Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) Luxembourg City (Luxembourg) Jerez (Spain) Jerez (Spain) Jerez (Spain) Jerez (Spain)

Dandelions have always been fascinating me. The name already - lion's tooth - and, the balls that remain when the flowers fall off, with their many fluffy white threads waiting to be dispersed by the wind... A meadow full of dandelions - harmony and endless freedom.  Dandelions - at Ítaca until the end of August.

Did you also learn at school about the different theories about Ithaca's location? Ithaca, the home of the legendary king Odysseus (also known by the name of Ulysses ), which appears like a leitmotiv in Homer's epic poem The Odyssey ...  One thing is sure: Torremolinos, in Spain, is now accepted by most scholars to be the exact location of the island ;-) The new café and bookstore Ítaca  is a real island of harmony in our loud and dusty town. A place where, once you discovered it, you always will want to return. The place to be. I will be exhibiting some of my new work (acrylic paintings) at Ítaca during the months of July and August.  On Wednesday July 2nd 2014, on 8 p.m., I will be there at your disposal for a  charla (informal discussion). If you have time and feel like it, why not join us?   Where ? Tetería librería Ítaca Plaza de la Unión Europea 11 [The square with the European flags and the bull] 29620 Torremolinos (Spain) Tel. 951 10 96 35 ...

I love strong colours. Colours are life. But sometimes, it is so nice to work with black and white only. Here some digital drawings.  If you like them, you will find more of them here .

Although I am physically in Málaga, my heart is still in the province of Huelva;-) Last but not least, Rio Tinto means an abandoned railway and house ruins , built by the British Rio Tinto Mining Company in the 19th century. Several houses I saw were quite intact, just invaded by vegetation (fig trees...), which made the place even more romantic. And the rails!  There are often different truths for the same reality.  Engineers and technicians would probably tell you about track dilation due to excessive heat. A s a visual artist, I prefer to imagine myself walking in a huge painting by Salvador Dalí.