paintings by peter ten lohuis
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Photography: Ton Vol s
Text : Mai ré O' Shea
Copyri ght Peter ten Lohui s 2015
At the moment , there i s no other opt i on but to
make what I make. These days I ' m i nspi red by
the human heart and the j ourney between
vul nerabi l i ty and trust . I carry on wi th thi s
j ourney and see where i t take me wi thi n my
heart .
Peter ten Lohui s
Dat i k j e mi s
The cl oth i s damask. It represent s
tradi t i on to me. The di nner tabl e
al ways had a damask tabl ecl oth on
i t . Every meal of the day was l ai d
on i t . We di scussed and di gested
food, but al so what was goi ng on
that day i n our l i ves, my fami l y
and me.
I don' t want to copy thi s pat tern.
I have broken wi th that tradi t i on.
In my work and l i fe I don' t l ay
thi ngs out . It j ust happens. It i s
i nst i nct i ve. The green i s the
col our of copper when i t get s wet .
A natural process . Copper goes back
to earth i n the end no mat ter what
you do. The bl ue i s the col our of
motherhood, of mother, back to
earth. The source of l i fe.
Ne me qui t te pas
It woul d have been more appropri ate to cal l thi s " don' t
l eave me thi s way" .
The cl oth here i s damask agai n but thi s t i me i t has to do
wi th breaki ng away from the tradi t i on of pai nt i ng on
l i nen. It ' s about rel ease. I create a di fferent worl d for
mysel f. It gi ves me somethi ng to hol d on to.
The damask pat tern chal l enges me to fi ght , to change, to
transform, to get caught up i n the fi ght . It has to do
wi th the fi ght agai nst bei ng l eft al one. The abrupt
si l ence. Nothi ng more to say. The rel i ef of sayi ng " I
l ove you" before i t was too l ate, but havi ng no chance to
say goodbye.
Al so sprach Zarathustra
I ' ve been i n Indi a a l ot . The peopl e I
stayed wi th were Parsi . Zarathustra was a
prophet . He l i ved i n 1 , 200 bc and the Pari s
st i l l bel i eve i n hi m.
They have three basi c rul es . Thi nk good.
Speak good. Do good.
The cl oth i s more of an Arabi c pat tern.
Zarathustra l i ved i n Mesopotami a. There are
three symbol s on the cl oth. I wanted to
symbol i se that I needed to to gi ve a form to
how si mpl e l i fe can be. That I coul d l i ve by
three rul es . I want to escape from the
compl exi ty of l i fe. To deal wi th the anger
of what was done to me by not fol l owi ng
these rul es . The anger of what i s done to
me, what I do to mysel f and what I do to
others .
Don' t stop me now
Thi s pai ni ng wi l l be get t i ng me out
of my comfort zone. I want to
shi ne.
I ' m l ooki ng forward to i t . I ' ve
been confronted wi th my pai ns and
my anxi et i es . They wi l l st i l l be
there. They gi ve me freedom and
strength to be mysel f. To do what I
feel i s good to do. Not to do what
feel s good.
I know that I ' m surrounded by l ove.
The red makes me shi ne more. The
feel i ng of the col our red. Of the
l ove.
Peter ten Lohuis
info@petertenlohuis.nlwww.petertenlohuis.nl
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