Maran Snijder, born on the 15th of april in Lichtenvoorde. The netherlands.
Since my early childhood, people around me said ; This girl or what you call it, is definitly not from here..well that ment i was from another planet. or somewhat like an elf just give it a name .I definitly seemed to be. It still is. i never understood the world around me, felt i did not belong here. I lived in my own fantasy world and got really scared of the 'real' world. Now i simply accept. I probably need to be here. I've got my own little green room. don't get me wrong, i do understand rationally what the world is like. What mostly fascinates me about our world are the things that are told, the stories, the unseen. But yet whe never seem to really encounter them. Some people say when something lives in the world or in the heads of people or if only in stories than it probably IS. About 5 years ago i sat in a train, picked up a blank piece of paper and started to put lines on it. through my life i knew i had talent for drawing but it never had my own style. well i started to put another line on the little piece of paper, and another and another. Not really knowing what i was doing. I relied only on my subcounsiousness. When i was finished, i was starteld, confused and fascinated by my own mind. I found my style, just absorb anything around me and let my subcounsiousness do the work. And my hand offcourse..working with my other body parts is a bit hard, maybe something i wil try later on..
. Now every day, since my train incident i keep on doing it. On paper, wood, canvas, stone etc. Everyday or week iget my own little surprise! That's how i work and what my work is. THE WORLD AROUND ME LOCKED UP INSIDE MY HEAD ONLY WILLING TO SHOW HERSELF WHEN I LET LOOSE!