Gjalt Walstra, painter of light
Gjalt Walstra painted his monochrome canvases traditionally, with the brush. He applied thin layers of paint with visible strokes in different colors on top of each other, so that the paint catches the light. White is not white, in black there is never black. Gray is made up of all kinds of colors. The daylight makes the colors come alive. Layer by layer Gjalt built up his works and layer by layer the viewer discovers the diversity in the apparent uniformity: “If you look long enough the painting reveals itself, then you start to see it.”