Newsletter 30 mar 2025
‘Hi, how are you?’
You quickly put a smile on your face and hope that your eyes don’t betray you.
‘I’m fine’ is the only acceptable answer, so that’s what you say.
‘Okay,’ you reply, when your boss asks you to do one more thing.
Inside, however, you can feel the metaphorical bucket filling up.
‘I’m okay. Everything is… okay,’ you try to convince yourself.
You hope that the tightness in your chest will disappear if you take a few deep breaths. You practice another smile in the mirror.
Meanwhile you are at a loss and it feels like a storm is raging through your head.
Okay
Oil on panel
50 x 40 cm
Available
Emotional pain. We all feel it now and then to a greater or lesser extent. But what is pain if it doesn’t hurt anymore? Maybe you’ve tucked it far away, making it just a bad memory, something you don’t want to think about. In that case make sure you have enough notes and tape at hand. Or did you take the pain as a signal that something is wrong and acted on it in a healthy, constructive way? Congratulations, you have overcome the pain and have grown as a result!
Of course, it’s not as simple as this in reality; internal struggle is very difficult. But at some point you will realize you have a choice: do you keep holding up the note, or do you want to show your genuine, radiant smile again?
Smile
Oil on panel
27 x 20 cm
Sold
These paintings are part of the current group exhibition ‘The Female Approach’ at Galerie Bonnard. The exhibition runs for 1 more week, until April 6.
Galerie Bonnard
Berg 9, Nuenen
www.galeriebonnard.com
Thank you for your interest!