Nin Van Nin,

Born in Haacht (Belgium), studied Painting at the Saint Lucas institute in Brussels. After finishing her study there, she dedicated herself to oil painting. Her special interest and areas of research were the self-preparation of her canvasses and the veiling technique of Jan Van Eyck (+ 1441).
This led to a period of intensive study and exploration of the world of nature, searching to express herself in water colour Technique. In 1983 she took part in a large group exhibition shouing 67 nature-watercolours. She also experimented in this period with painting with natural pigments on canvas.

After completing the 4 year course at the Academy "de Wervel"in Zeist, NL and becoming an artistic therapist Nin tried her hand at pastels. A substance she describes, 'as insignificant as dust, as soft as cotton wool, strong in light quality and almost as fluoriscent as the substance of a butterfly wing'. In 1992 she had her first show of these pastel works. Various exhibitions followed.

Since 1998 Nin has gone back to oil painting. This time using the modern medium of waterbased oils. Surprisingly this has allowed her to combine the old veiling technique with the strong light quality of the pastels. 
"Life size images emerge, contemplative images of another reality. Strong images that invite the viewer to become seer, if he so desires."

"I like to work around a particular theme"

This is how I created the six paintings based on the epic Scandanavian story of initiation "Olaf Asteson". My latest work was inspired by the music "Alina" by Arvo Pärt. I recognized a mutual starting point in our work. Talking about his music Pärt says: "I could compare my music with white light which encompasses all colours. Only throug a prism do the colours become discernible and visible. That prism is the mind of the listener".
"I view my paintings as they are like spatial chords that have come to life in the white light absolute unity of being".

A new theme dealt with in the series "Basic Rhythm" is the research for the original rhythm attraction and movement, which are present at the very foundation of human life. The object of this serie is my trip to the American Canyons.

Sculpting

Is my old love which I took up again in 1992 in a course given y the Belgian artist Jaak Hillen. Altough stone is obvisously a hard substance it can express the softest of vorms. I am still amazed at the story that emerges between my hands which in contrast to my painting, is almost figurative.
I find it a great challenge to transform the surface of hard stone into asort of living skin, and then letting it remain embedded in the raw, untouched stone. Every stone has its own story to tell, the trick is to let it emerge through listening, labouring hands.