Martine Jacobs - Within the lines

Martine Jacobs, born in 1956 Amsterdam, is a well-known pastel artist who specializes in creating colorful pastel drawings. Her work is characterized by vibrant colors and a soft, dreamy quality.



This is a print colored with pastel pencils.
The work was designed and colored by Martine Jacobs.
By colouring the prints herself, Martine can add her own style, feeling and emotion to the work. This makes each print unique and authentic.

Within the Lines


As a child I loved lines. Straight, clean lines that brought order to chaos. My father was a designer, and I remember how he designed a world that obeyed precision and logic. I found it fascinating. But I also remember the moments when I looked outside, at the trees that didn’t grow straight, at the clouds that moved without a plan.
My art is a dialogue between order and freedom. In this work – two naked figures captured in a Mondrian-like grid – I explore the tension between man and system. The lines and planes provide a foothold. The bodies are vulnerable, but also subject to the frameworks that surround them. Are they captured, or are they looking for support within this strict geometry?
It is a question that affects me personally. We all live within structures: family, society, relationships. Sometimes they feel like protection, sometimes like limitation. In this work I try to make that emotion tangible. The figures seek each other, their bodies move carefully along the borders of the frame. Maybe they want to break out. Maybe they need the structure to not get lost.
For me, art is always a search for balance. The balance between rules and spontaneity, between letting go and holding on. This work is a reflection on that – a snapshot of that eternal tension. tension.

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