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nice art

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i adore this work...fantastic !

Ik hou van iedereen: Yby Potlatch

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First Name: Yby

Last Name: Potlatch

Age: 25-34

Which of the following best describe you?: Illustrator, Painter, Designer, Blogger, Professional Creative, Photographer, Art Enthusiast, Collector, Sculptor, Performance artist, Curator, Other

How often are you the first among your friends to try something new?: All the time

What do you want people to know most about you?: Here is a divine story of an artist that already started painting in de womb of her mother. Her first real brushes were her tiny fingers and the colour of her first paint was red. I observed everything and stored it in my head and, when I was a little older, only then I began printing these images. My works exist from my hands, just like that, and every time it is a surprise and an exiting feeling, that takes me to an other reality, do you understand me?

Images come into existence on my canvas. They exist and that makes them intriguing and interesting. Like the birth of an animal or a the seed of a plant this… remains miraculous to me. Tempting, entrancing, they are calling me when I stare at them. More and more I start to see in my works and I even begin to hear sounds just by looking at them. I travel trough my creations to a different world. First I go through the pain and the joy that I can see on the canvas. But then, I do not let my self be scared and I go on and on … Then I enter the world I would like to see and where I feel good and safe. My works tell me interesting stories and give me many ideas, but also questions, like: why can so many people on this planet live on this world and destroy it instead of improving it?

Does that make the human being an unintelligent creature? Yes, of course! That is why I need to unload my sorrow and joy and want to express it to the outer world. I don't want anyone to forget that we are responsible for the pollution on this planet and that it is up to us to clean the planet again before the world is all messed up with roads, tunnels, houses, factories and will be even more polluted by the use of environmentally damaging products. I want people to see a glimpse of happiness and passion for all life in my works. Rediscovering the rawness, the pureness and the estrangement of themselves in the art of now! I would like people to read exceptional stories in my works and be inspired just like I am, but most of all hear those questions that can wander around in your head for days.

Life is something we have to undergo and for the death it is the same. I want to live and yet sometimes be dead. Many things in life are unequally divided like poverty and wealth. This is what I paint about. My works keep me alive. The universa, our planet, the animals, the plants and humans inspire me enormously. By living, hearing, feeling, smelling and observing as intensely as possible, I am touched and from that state of mind, my works of art are created. Without my art I am nothing and I cannot exist.

Life, from the beginning, has been my education, and.. still is.. Death, love, poverty, hate, happiness, birth, sickness, pain and grieve of the friends and people I meet on my path, everyone has at least one of these moments in their lives. That is what makes life life! When a friend of mine is in pain, I feel that pain in my entire body and I begin painting that pain. When a friend or someone I meet on the street is happy, I paint about that. I want to paint about life, portray the emotions of animals, plants and human beings. They fascinate me! I want to understand the energy of the universa and our planet earth, I want to discover her and learn from her, I want to protect her against the destruction of mankind.

I treat my works as if it were my beloved one and I start loving her more every day. Every painting is part of my soul and each one is has her own story to tell. Many people consider my work colourful, happy, innocent, pure, universal, accessible, powerful. My works remind some of Jean Michel Basquiat, Corneille, Karel Appel, Frida Kahlo, Jackson Pollock, Andy Warhol, Keith Harris, Anton Heyboer and Herman Brood. But the most beautiful and important of what I hear from people is: 'they are genuine Yby Potlatch creations!'

Yby

What is your website address?: http://www.ybypotlatch.com

How did you hear about Brooklyn Art Project?: From internet

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At 8:19pm on January 9, 2012, Darlene Johnson said…: nice art

At 7:16am on April 11, 2011, Janey_Godley said…: Yby, Many Happy Returns and wishing you all the best on your Birthday, From Janey Godley

At 1:17am on April 11, 2011, JD Siazon said…: Happy Birthday!!!

At 11:27am on February 23, 2011, ashrafw@telkomsa.net said…: IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT GOOD ART SHOULDD UNSETTLE NOT SOOTHE THE VIEWER - JEREMY LOVELL. YOU SUCCEED IN DOING THAT .

At 1:09am on October 9, 2010, Jaap van der Wel said…: Hoi Yby, leuk om van je te horen.

At 1:28am on April 11, 2010, Janey_Godley said…: Yby, Many Happy Returns and wishing you all the best on your Birthday, From Janey Godley

At 8:16am on November 4, 2009, Mohammad Bin Lamin said…: Thank you Yby for your kind comments on my wall & Artwork "flowers hawker".
I appreciate it.
Love your Portraits

Warm Regards

At 2:18am on October 19, 2009, Jaap van der Wel said…: Ha Yby, leuk een bericht van jou te krijgen. Je was me al eerder opgevallen en volgens mij
heb ik je ook ooit een friend request gezonden. Maar dat is zeker alweer een jaar geleden.
Ik ben echt gecharmeerd van jou werk en manier van werken en natuurlijk van de hele
filosofie die je daarmee uitdraagt. Spontaan, energiek, expressief en vervuld van leven en
liefde. Mooi, mooi, mooi. En puur! De video's zijn ook o.k., vooral de vogel is 'echt Yby'.
Ik zelf bevind me zo ongeveer aan de andere kant van het spectrum. Mijn werk is door-
dacht en komen langzaam tot stand, ze moeten groeien en doen daar soms jaren over.
Lang niet altijd hoor! Ik probeer mijn werk (en leven) net als jij ook Puur te houden.
Ik stuur je hierbij nog eens een friend request dus in gewoon nederlands; 'zullen we
vriendjes worden'?.
Het zou leuk zijn ( vind ik ) als we op één of andere manier contact houden.

All the best. Jaap

At 7:22pm on July 29, 2007, SEN ONE6 said…: Peace Yby. Dig your artwork!

Stop by and check out my videos. My feature video - Don't Touch the Mic is on Brooklyn Art Project home page. Let me know what you think.

Peace

SEN ONE