Land of Lieke -Magical Contemporary Art

 

 

This is a story told in pictures. Lieke’s van der Vorst’s magical illustrations dance between fairytales and the delights of childhood memories.

 

Making is important to this artist, the domestic world a place of keen observation, the beauty of the mundane, the worn out, the rustic, the handmade somehow the most glorious visual parade of wonderfulness.

 

Geboortekaartje_Eva_Mark_web-1

 

 

 

 

2013_hendrikjan_blokje_Liekeland-600x600

 

 

Illustratie_Hans_Nina_Liekeland-1

 

 

 

Ordinary places take on an element of joy, mystical figures captivate and remind each of us of the splendor of time spent unfettered, observing, watching, and playing. If only each of us could remember so well. There are many intricate and loving portraits of domestic life, reflecting her feeling of a purity that exists in animals.

 

2012_opzee_blokje_Liekeland-600x600

 

Lieke prefers to draw her surroundings, and so there is a certain sweet familiarity in her pictures, a place of warmth and dearness, yet a pantheon of animals and allegorical images make the iconography distinctly hers.

 

 

Processed with VSCOcam with g3 preset

 

“I was born in a little village in the south of the Netherlands, where I grew up with my parents and dog. When it was my birthday or any other celebration I was asking for tools to paint, draw or illustrate. I think it was something that I always loved to do. When traveling, I drew everything that I saw, from Greek balcony’ to the sheds of the south of France.”

 

FLOW_FoodBook_spread_LiekevanderVorst1

 

The artist includes animals doing everyday things, bears taking journeys, riding in boats, comforting humans. Lieke remarks she has thought a long time about her affinity for these creatures, and thinks perhaps it is because they have a human quality.

 

 

Originals_Liekeland03

 

Flow_Magazine_Liekeland_Illustration022-930x12001-600x600

 

 

Work_Flow_vakantieboek-600x600

 

Bij de wortels, 2013 is about the fulfilling experience of growing one’s own food, the taste, the self-sufficiency, the appeal of work.

 

2013_Bijdewortels_blokje_Liekeland-600x600

 

 

Liekeland_dennenbos_foto_bergbok_work-600x600

The design project Hendrik, 2013 is a handmade life size goat, made from local Sheep wool.  

 

Illustratie_Borre_Liekeland_2016

 

02Liekeland_asianadventure_sketch_01

Visit the artist at her amazing site so many great photos + lovely images of her studio, works in process and travels @  liekeland + try out Facebook |  liekeland |  or Instagram liekevandervorst

Leave a Reply