On Art – Turner, Proteus and Jung

On Art – By Cecilie Nyman

When visiting Tate Gallery in London, back in 1998, I made my first acquaintance with paintings by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), the painter of light: I fell in love with the Turner universe; I fell in love with the world of art.

Wreckers Coast of Northumberland, 1836. J. W. Turner
Wreckers Coast of Northumberland, 1836. J. W. Turner

Soon I grabbed the paintbrush and began to express myself in a new way. Before art I felt lost. I tried out thousands of disguises. Like the sea god Proteus, the son of Poseidon.

Proteus was able to foretell the future, but he would change his shape just to avoid having to.

Since the flower Protea exists in a great variety, it is named after Proteus, symbolizing diversity.

I used to have a thousand disguises – today I put on my smock.

“We meet ourselves time and time again in a thousand disguises on the path of life.” – C. G. Jung

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J. W. Turner

On Art – Amsterdam

Like words create new stories, colors and lines create new paintings, continuously. I’m an artist searching for my own language, searching for inspiration to translate into my own form. Words and colors can develop into anything. So I will grab my pen and hope that Amsterdam and mister Rembrandt will talk to me during the creative process.

Hello world!