Work that needed space
I've recently started working on a new collection. A collection I've poured my heart and soul into. Images that emerge from my personal life, contemporary issues, and everyday life. Work not designed to be shared quickly, but to grow slowly.
This series is called Selected Prints . They didn't arise from a strict plan, but from a desire for depth. For more mature images, more meaning. Less speed, more silence.
Why I started making these prints
Over the past few months, my work has been slowly changing. Not only in form, but especially in content. I noticed a need for more depth. For images that carry meaning. Work that isn't decorative, but layered. Images that don't reveal everything immediately, but invite you to look and reflect longer.
The Selected Prints stem from themes that resonate with me personally: resilience, responsibility, memory, and survival. They also explore topics from everyday life that are important to everyone and deserve to be shared, without explanation, pressure, or embellishment.
Growth and progress
My work has become calmer. More layered. Less explanatory.
I am less seeking beauty alone, and more seeking truth.
I now dare to let images exist without finishing them for the viewer. Without making them "safe." For me, that's precisely where their power lies: in what doesn't dissolve immediately, but endures.
Space for lightness and color
While some of the Selected Prints arise from deepening and layering, I don't want to limit myself to just so-called "heavy" work. Not everything has to be confrontational. Not every image has to feel dark.
Besides the quieter and more serious work, I also create lighter, more cheerful images. I work with more color, more playfulness, and more space. Images that feel different, yet are just as sincere. I'm currently working on these and will continue later.
For me, that is part of growth: allowing different sides to come in.
Don't choose one direction, but leave room for contrast.
That is also who I am as a creator.
A more gallery-like feel
This development also required a different presentation style. The website is gradually evolving from a classic webshop to a more gallery-like experience.
More space. More white. Less distraction. More maturity.
The images are allowed to breathe, without a constant invitation to buy something. That feels more honest, for the work and for the viewer.
What are Selected Prints
Selected Prints are carefully chosen works from my mature and statement collections. These aren't quick releases or trend-driven images, but rather works that have been consciously selected.
The prints are available in three sizes:
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A3 – accessible in price
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A2 – larger and suitable for framing yourself
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A1 – framed in a white frame
The white frame was a deliberate choice to minimize distractions. All prints have a white border around them to give the artwork a sense of space.
What I want to achieve with it
These works are not intended to please everyone.
They are there for people who recognize something. Feel something.
I hope they offer space for silence, for reflection, for recognition. And perhaps for some: the feeling of not being alone.
How I make the Selected Prints
My working method is layered, just like the work itself. I enjoy combining collage, analog work, and digital techniques. I use AI as a tool in the process, not as the end point. Photoshop helps me direct, refine, and make choices, explore color combinations, and keep experimenting until the image is perfect.
But well, a work of art is never really completely finished.
Technology and intuition exist side by side.
Control and letting go too.
Finally
The Selected Prints mark a new phase in my work.
Calmer. More conscious. And closer to who I am now as a creator, and I'm happy with that.
- Belinda -
