It all started with a client project requiring lemons. While exploring artistic references, I stumbled upon a magnificent detail from a painting held at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. The artist? Maria Vos (1824-1906), specializing in still lifes.
What should have been a simple iconographic search transformed into a genuine dive into this artist's creative universe.
While exploring the museum's website, I was speechless at my discovery: 561 works listed under Maria Vos's name. But in reality, these are her sketchbooks! Pages and pages of pencil studies, luminous research, meticulous explorations.
Every stroke reveals her creative process in all its spontaneity. So many treasures to explore!
This discovery resonates deeply with my practice as a food illustrator. Like Maria Vos with her sketchbooks, I explore each food product to capture its essence. This authenticity of gesture, this patient search for accuracy, is exactly what I transpose into my illustrations for food brands. Every stroke carries this same demand for truth, whether for confectionery packaging or a seasonal fruit campaign.