Sky Lovers
Watercolor and Ink on Canvas
107x266 each
2020-2021
The diptych of sky lovers - summer and winter - are anamorphic images. These figures are drawn to be seen in proportion only when you lie beneath the painting. They were inspired by the Dutch landscape and anamorphic technique discovered while Tulis travelled in Italy. Anamorphic paintings were the Renaissance artist’s solution to the fact that “an image grasped too quickly may not leave a lasting impression” and a way to “lead the eyes through incomprehension; then offer a solution”.
Tulis’ inspiration from nature and this technique makes her see bodies and characters in the clouds, in the trees, the water reflecting the above below. It's a tremendously fun and engaging puzzle to realize these experiences in paintings.
A Breath of Mourning Midges at Dusk
Oil stick and Indian ink on canvas
210x200
2021
Sky surrendering to the Earth
Teracotta
2020-2021
49x24x22 cm
This piece is based on the memory of an absent lover. Our memories and affection towards an absent person disconnect them from actual scale.
Traditionally, femininity is related to the Earth cult and masculinity and rational thought to the Sky cult (cf. Egyptian mythology, apollonian vs Dionysus, Pachamama…). Here, there is an inversion as the artist often identifies more with thought, rational, desire to organize and compartmentalize in masculine ways and she longs for a man that is grounding and reassuring. A man she can stretch on like a cat. (Abigail’s dating profile lol)