Magda Zimmerman
After her dancing career, Magda switched to visual arts and graduated from the Rietveld Academy in 1996. Since then, Magda has worked as an independent artist in her beautiful studio in Amsterdam East. There she works on assignments all over the world and develops her free art. And twice a week there is room for fun during the painting lessons in which Magda guides students in developing their own painting skills.
Magda’s paintings are created slowly. She builds it up layer by layer. She can apply the techniques of the old and modern masters, but the act of painting itself continues to amaze her. She likes to paint with oil paint. Mix endless colors, make a mess, gently smooth out. What remains unsaid finds its way onto the canvas. Quiet, vulnerable, loving, protective.
Magda is currently working on a special series ‘On the Path’. It is a translation of her long walks in nature. The silence, the endless space, the beautiful colors and shapes, the energy of the elements, the unexpected and much more. It makes a deep impression on her and strengthens her belief that we are one with nature, but have also strayed far from it. The paintings are a message to make more contact with our inner self and the environment around us. To become more aware of the damage we cause by endlessly grabbing and exploiting and thus destroying our natural environment.
The energy of the paintings invites you to enter the landscape and also to make the journey inward and experience peace and quiet in your own inner landscape.
In her portraits, Magda gets close to the skin and tries to capture the likeness of the person. Character and appearance play a major role in this. But the space and atmosphere that envelope the person are just as important. The overall image shows the silent connection of the inner world and the manifestation of the person in the outer world.
