Accidents happen and this journal page is a good reminder of that.
I was actually quite proud of the scene I had painted. To protect the finished page and keep it from sticking, I applied a thin layer of gesso. Unfortunately, I later used fixative spray on the next page, and it soaked through the paper. The result: the pages stuck together anyway.
When I carefully pulled them apart, several spots ripped and had to be repaired. You can still see some uneven areas in the paper, but that is part of the story now. Not every journal page turns out perfectly. And sometimes the little disasters become part of the finished piece.
The scene itself is based on a photo from a visit to the Kunsthalle Emden. I went there with a friend and we had a surprisingly fun time experimenting with the mirrors in the exhibition. We played with reflections, light, angles and distorted perspectives, taking a few funny photos along the way.
As a media designer I am always interested in how light, reflections and visual effects can change an image. How they create depth, movement or a completely different mood. This journal page became a small reminder of that visit: part memory, part experiment, part repaired accident. And honestly, that feels quite fitting. Art does not always stay clean and perfect. Sometimes it sticks, tears, shifts, reflects something unexpected — and still becomes something worth keeping.