Ella-Jenna Oosterglorenwoud | lichtbeeltenis
Uitstraling van het Noorderlicht, 2023-2024
The Aura of Aurora, 2023-2024
綺羅流轉, 2023-2024
綺羅流転, 2023-2024
Oil on paper with wooden backing board, 15 x 23 inch
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"Uitstraling van het Noorderlicht" was born from a quiet reflection on light, movement, and the emotions stirred by my time living in a bridge house in the Amstel district of Amsterdam. This house, once home to the bridge keeper, held a unique rhythm—its windows framing the ever-changing flows of water and sky. It was there, amidst the gentle currents of the river and the play of light across its surface, that I found the inspiration for this piece.
The Northern Lights became, for me, a metaphor—a reminder of the fleeting and transformative beauty that surrounds us, even in the most ordinary moments. This painting is my attempt to capture that sense of wonder, not as a reproduction of what I saw, but as a reflection of what I felt. The interplay of color and texture grew gradually, much like the scenes outside my window, shifting with time and light.
This work is as much about stillness as it is about movement, as much about presence as it is about memory. My hope is that it offers a moment of connection—a quiet pause to reflect on the beauty that resides in impermanence and the unseen rhythms that shape our lives.
The following photographs show some of the transformation of the oil painting over the process of creating it in the last one year or so.
The following clips show the draft of the oil painting that I created with oil pastels.
Beesel, Limburg, The Netherlands
Drakendorp