English
Portraying people fascinates Melda enormously. Every portrait is a story. She is taken into the ‘life’ of the model. In her portrait series she chooses people around her. People who inspire her. Not only in terms of appearance, but also personality: her family, her friends, her colleagues, models she draws, but she sometimes also approaches strangers. Portraying the ‘soul’ of the model challenges her to make a good portrait. In addition to portrait painting, she is also triggered to sketch figures. It fascinates her to be able to quickly capture someone’s Portraying people fascinates Melda enormously. Every portrait is a story. She is taken into the ‘life’ of the model portrayed. In her portrait series she chooses people around her. People who inspire her. Not only in terms of appearance, but also personality: her family, her friends, her colleagues, models she draws, but she sometimes also approaches strangers. Portraying the ‘soul’ of the model challenges her to make a good portrait. In addition to portrait painting, she also loves drawing/ painting figures. It fascinates her to be able to quickly capture someone’s character. For her, that character is just as important as the portrait, sometimes even more important. The soul of a person can often be seen in the character of the person.
Dutch
Mensen portretteren fascineert Melda enorm. Elk portret is een verhaal. Zij wordt meegenomen in het ‘leven’ van het geportretteerde model. In haar portret serie kiest zij mensen om haar heen. Mensen die haar inspireren. Niet alleen qua uiterlijk, maar ook persoonlijkheid: haar familie, haar vriendinnen, haar colega’s, modellen die zij tekent, maar benadert zij soms ook onbekenden. Het portretteren van de ‘ziel’ van het model daagt haar uit om een goed portret te maken. Naast portretschilderen is zij ook getriggerd om figuren te schetsen. Het fascineert haar om snel een houding van iemand vast te kunnen leggen. Voor haar is die houding even belangrijk als het portret, soms nog belangrijker. De ziel van een mens is vaak te zien in de houding van de persoon.