ArtWORK > Van Gogh AiR

Souvenir Stop III
water soluble oil on panel
25.4 x 20.3 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop IV
water soluble oil on panel
25.4 x 20.3 cm
2022
Sunflowers in Zundert
installation with museum shop oven mitts and earth
variable dimensions, solo exhibition Van GoghGalerie May 29-June 30, 2022
2022
Souvenir in Zundert I
water soluble oil on panel
35.6 x 27.9 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop VI
water soluble oil on panel
27.9 x 35.6 cm
2022
Almond Blossoms in Zundert
photograph
42 x 29.7 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert I
water soluble oil on panel
27.9 x 35.6 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert VII
water soluble oil on panel
35.6 x 27.9 cm
2022
Speeltuin
pencil & ink on panel
18 x 24 cm
2022
Sunflowers in Zundert
photograph
42 x 29.7 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert IV
water soluble oil on panel
30.5 x 22.9 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert VI
water soluble oil on panel
20.3 x 25.4 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop VII
water soluble oil on panel
27.9 x 35.6 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop II
water soluble oil on panel
20.3 x 25.4 cm
2022
Water Soluble Souvenir: Bushy Tree
water soluble oil on archival paper
33 x 24 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop I
water soluble oil on panel
30.5 x 22.9 cm
2022
Water Soluble Souvenir: Trees in a Field
water soluble oil on archival paper
33 x 41 cm
2022
Water Soluble Souvenir: Farm Field
water soluble oil on archival paper
24 x 33 cm
2022
Water Soluble Souvenir: Tall Tree
water soluble oil on archival paper
41 x 33 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert II
water soluble oil on panel
30.5 x 22.9 cm
2022
Souvenir in Zundert V
water soluble oil on panel
25.4 x 20.3 cm
2022
Souvenir Stop II
22.9 x 30.5 cm
2022

Doreen Wittenbols (Breda) is a Dutch-Canadian visual artist, based in New York City. She works in specific series or projects, balancing her practice with single session observational/plein-air paintings and longer exploratory projects involving abstraction, varied surfaces, installation, performance and ephemeral art. Her life and work have been greatly influenced by frequent moving, particularly from immigrating to Canada as a child to returning to The Netherlands as an adult. Transition and transformation are recurrent themes in her work, including the shared reflective aspects of the “souvenir” and memento mori. During her work period at Van Gogh AiR, Wittenbols worked with museum shop objects with Van Gogh’s art printed on them, all the while wondering how Van Gogh himself would have viewed these appropriations of his work. Wittenbols' own musings on these objects reveal layered interpretations—souvenirs of souvenirs.