The Taste of Tulips Elise Eekhout Original painting for sale

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The Taste of Tulips

Elise Eekhout

2021 • Netherlands • Acrylic on Canvas

61 x 93 in

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Elise Eekhout

Netherlands

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Group shows participant
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Covered by the Press
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Artwork details

Medium : Acrylic on Canvas
Other details : Unmounted artwork. Mounting and/or framing available on request.
Dimensions : 61x92.5in

About this artwork

This colorful painting is made with acrylic on canvas with metalic gold/silver/bronze details. This painting is inspired by the book ‘Furthermore’ by Tahareh Mafi. It has magnificent descriptions about the taste of flowers and the feeling of colors. The artist wrote the texts with leaf metal. The changing incidence of light during the day ensures that the texts stand out more or less. This changes the painting during the course of the day.

"Alice… took a tulip from her pocket and bit off its head. She felt the petals on her tongue: she tasted the velvet, the fiery red of the flower. Then she closed her eyes and licked her lips for a moment before biting the stem. Just not green, but fresher, more radiant. A song of that color sounded and she felt the sounds sing from within. [...] Each color had its own taste, its own heartbeat, its own life. She took a deep breath and sucked it all in."
(From ‘Furthermore’ by Tahareh Mafi.)

Elise Eekhout

Netherlands

Credentials

Group shows participant
Experienced Artist
Covered by the Press
Favorited by galleries
Featured in gallery curations
Works on commission

« When you read, you travel to all kinds of places. I try to capture them on canvas. »

Elise Eekhout is a visual artist working at the intersection of painting and graphic design. Her practice explores the language of light, texture, and text. Letters fascinate her not only as carriers of meaning but also as abstract forms — beautiful shapes that dissolve the moment we begin to read them.
By combining traditional techniques with contemporary materials such as gold and silver leaf, she creates layered works that shift with light and perspective. Depending on where the viewer stands, words emerge or vanish, landscapes solidify or dissolve. Her paintings therefore never remain static: they are living surfaces, changing with time, movement, and light.
Recurring themes in her work are memory, transformation, and our relationship with nature. From abstract landscapes to text-based compositions, she seeks to evoke both wonder and reflection. Her art connects the fragility of human stories with the enduring rhythms of the earth, offering viewers a space for contemplation.

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The Taste of Tulips

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