Dorris Vooijs likes to mix things up. Her artwork is an altogether unique crossbreed between painting, collage making, drawing, textile art, and digital art and it can’t be contained or defined properly. A mix of traditional and modern techniques, it relies on anything from acrylic and oil paints to spray paint, textiles, and Photoshop.
Having studied Fine Arts at ArtEZ University in Arnhem and later obtained a BFA in Drawing and Art History, Vooijs’ art is built upon a solid foundation, an experimentation with shape and form. “I like to see what happens when you cross digital stuff and layer that with traditional methods,” she explains on her website. “Building up and peeling pieces away or scratching my way back to the surface, until I feel that it might be time to step back and leave it alone.”
Though her pieces vary, the process is fairly straight forward and usually begins with an image found on the internet or in magazines. Often, these images become the physical basis for Vooijs’ work. Using digital sketches, prints, markers, spray paint, thread, and ink, she transforms the original images so that they reflect her life and her aesthetics.
“Some pieces took so long I almost gave up,” she relayed in an interview with Jung Katz. “Actually, I did repaint a lot of my work… sometimes it’s just the quickest fix and besides that, it’s budget-friendly. I also often work on a couple of pieces simultaneously.”
