Ontwerp voor kostuum voor Boschnymph 1910 - 1918

Richard Nicolaüs Roland Holst designed this costume for Boschnymph with pencil, pen and watercolour. I love thinking about how a drawing comes into being – shifting and emerging through trial, error, and intuition. Looking at the colour palette, I'm imagining what it might have been like for the artist to apply each layer, one after the other. Holst's flat application of colour really makes me think about medieval painting and frescos. Though, rather than depicting a religious scene, Holst is referencing classical myth with his figure of the nymph. I love how artists are in an ongoing conversation, an exchange of ideas across time. It is a form of embodied expression which embraces ambiguity and uncertainty, allowing for multiple interpretations.