Angelika Poels

Angelika Poels

Location: Netherlands

Angelika Poels is a Dutch artist born in 1970 in the Netherlands where she creates in different disciplines such as the mixed media series From selfie to Art.

 The fast and fleeting images that overlap each other in the combination of Abstract with Realism.


About her work " handicraft mixed media ". It all starts with painting, where she paints often with large and fast strokes of paint combined with the transparency of glasspaint. She starts her work on transparent material where she during this process, is shooting a selfie through the layers in the paint. It is a physical process in which everything is working together. The depth and the transparency is strenghtened even further through the plexiglas. Her thoughts about selfies on social media and the related superficiality, where the harts and innerself of people seems to be less important, is why she wants to express herself through her work 'From selfie to art'.



What exactly is Abstract combined with Realism?


Abstract Realism is an art form that merges two seemingly contradictory concepts: abstract art and realistic art.

Abstract art consists of patterns, colors, textures, and lines, without the need for a recognizable subject.


Realistic art, on the other hand, seeks to imitate reality, as in photography. When these two elements come together to create an abstract impression of real life, the result is Abstract Realism.


Portfolio:

From selfie to art

Angelika's thoughts about selfies on social media and the related superficiality, where the harts and inner of people seems to be less important, is why she wants to express herself through her work 'From selfie to art'.

The artworks are mixed media with oil and glasspaint in which the selfie is blended during the process of working and taking a snap shot. After that it is printed on plexiglass.

Selfie in red “Selfie in red”

You can ask the artist for possibilities in sizes. A certificate of authenticity is provided by Angelika Poels.

Blue stripes “Blue stripes”

Venice “Venice”

Human mask yellow “Human mask yellow”

Behind blue, black and red “Behind blue, black and red”

Square “Square”