Summer of 25
190 x 190 cm
Paper Art on canvas
Displayed at RELIFE.WORLD
La Mer
150 x 100 cm
Paper Art on canvas
Displayed at RELIFE.WORLD
Climate Stripes
50 x 1O0 cm
Paper Art on canvas
Displayed at RELIFE.WORLD
About
Colour as a Tactile Memory
Annemie Van Herck creates abstract works in which colour becomes more than a visual experience.
Her practice is built around rhythm, texture, paper, and repetition elements that transform simple materials into layered, tactile compositions.
As an autodidact artist, Van Herck approaches abstraction through instinct and sensitivity rather than theory. Her works may appear playful at first sight, yet they are carefully constructed. Small fragments, lines, surfaces, and colour fields are brought together into compositions that invite the viewer to look slowly, and almost physically feel what is being seen.
Colour is central to her artistic language. It is not used as decoration, but as energy a way to bring lightness, movement, and emotional resonance into the work. In a world that often feels heavy and overstimulated, Van Herck’s colourful surfaces offer a counterbalance: open, generous, and quietly uplifting.
Texture plays an equally important role. Her works are not only meant to be viewed from a distance; they ask for closeness. Paper, collage, layered surfaces, and repeated patterns create a sense of depth that connects the visual with the tactile. The result is an art practice that feels both intuitive and deliberate.
Stripes, squares, and rhythmic structures often return in her compositions. They create order without becoming rigid, balance without losing spontaneity. Through these repeated forms, Van Herck builds images that feel alive as if colour itself is breathing through the surface.
Within RELIFE.WORLD Encounters, her work opens a softer but essential dialogue: one about joy, sensitivity, material awareness, and the emotional power of colour. Rather than confronting the viewer, her works invite reconnection with touch, with playfulness, and with the small fragments that make life whole again.
