About Em Vanderlinden

When we are born, we are the most truthful, with all the potential of the person we are meant to be. Interactions with others shape us. We know more about what we do and don't want. But sometimes it also pushes us away from our inner child. We go from innocent to non-innocent (onschuld/schuld, Illusion/desillusion) several times in our lifetime. It is that turning point that I find most interesting and try to explore in my paintings. At that turning point we can always choose to see beauty, despite the situation we are in.

My paintings seem naive but they convey the resilience of life.

It is through my personal experience that i came to search truth of life, who i am and what i stand for in this world. In 2015 i moved to another country and found that, alltough it wasn’t that far yet, people have a very different worldview than the one i grew up with. It was like discovering that Santa doesn’t exist and/or maybe it reflected my own inner struggle?   

Now i can accept life more. With my work i want to inspire people and perhaps let them remember their own inner child, so that they can always see the beauty of life.