It is over there between the land and the sky 2010

These panels of green and brown are by Marjan Eggermont. The title 'It is over there between the land and the sky' tells me that she probably started with a feeling, a poetic idea. The gradual emergence of a single brown horizontal stripe across the last two panels is so gentle, as if the artist had been holding back. I can imagine Marjan standing in front of each panel, maybe stepping back, considering, adjusting her vision as the work grows. I wonder if she started with the green or the brown? Did she change her mind a lot? What was the process of elimination? The subtle gesture feels like a quiet intervention. Like Agnes Martin, she knows that sometimes the smallest thing can have the biggest impact. Artists are in an ongoing conversation, a wonderful exchange of ideas across time, inspiring one another. Painting is an embodied expression which allows for multiple interpretations.