Linda Overzee brings a more than two thousand year old technique into the present: portable fresco on linen canvas. From MAAKHAVEN Studios in The Hague, she creates layered, abstract works using pure oxides, pigments, and lime — a slow and intensive process that results in paintings in which time becomes tangible. Each layer carries its own history, giving the work an archaeological depth, like weathered walls that hold stories.
Her work moves between art and architecture. These are paintings with a quiet presence that defines a space. The monumental quality works equally well in a compact apartment as in a corporate lobby; it is about intensity, not scale.
The production process sets the pace: each work grows layer by layer, over weeks or months. During drying, unexpected structures emerge, which Overzee integrates into the composition of her paintings. The slowness and the embrace of chance are essential aspects of the technique and make each work unique.
Group exhibition