poem By\u00c2\u00a0 Drs.Cris\u00c3\u00a8n Shorea<\/p>\n
Vanessa’s <\/strong> Rhythm<\/strong><\/p>\n First thing that catches the eye, In her creations, Antillean prodigy child, By nature\u00c2\u00a0 possessed by this creative restlessness, Born with the sign of Fire She paints by the rhythm of her soul: \u00c2\u00a9cschorea\u00e2\u20ac\u212209<\/p>\n Poem In Papiamento by: Drs Cris\u00c3\u00a8n Schorea:<\/p>\n E Ritmo di Vanessa<\/strong><\/p>\n Prom\u00c3\u00a9 kos ku ta kue bo wowo Den su kreashonnan, Yu di Antia prodigioso, Di naturalesa poseed\u00c3\u00b3 di un inkietut Signo di kandela E ta pinta riba e ritmo di su alma: \u00c2\u00a9cschorea\u00e2\u20ac\u212209<\/p>\n “I fell in love with Vanessa Paulina’s work after reading an article about her. When we met, my feelings were confirmed. Both painter and paintings are head turners: beautiful, lively and strong. On opening night at the SinFa expo I rushed to claim “Mucha Santo”. Being able to look at that child every day makes me very happy.” “GHILDHOOD – Grown-ups never understand anything for themselves, and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them.” “Those little girls and boys have been swimming in my small brain since I have seen them. The conciousness, it makes me realize about beauty in my heritage and the beauty in little women, kids, what love can actually create, and equally how fragile life\u00e2\u20ac\u2122 s happiness is. Those kids show the great strenght in the black Diaspora and how we all share the common bond of our heritage, our cultures, regardless of how different our cultures are. The similarity is absolutely visual… and mostly how throughout time, history, space…we have remained the same…. Black & Beautiful.” \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Vanessa Paulina, whose orange\/brown hued painting of a crouching child, was requested by many. It was sold on opening night. As one visitor explained Paulina\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s painting: It’s so beautiful, you’d expect the child to get up any moment and walk towards you”. “I just can’t stop staring at them: there is something about the moment captured in that painting that just draws me into it.” “She’s every Aruban \/Antillean woman. A new voice of Dutch Caribbean womanist art, demure and vibrant. Her work is a true reflection of a beautiful life, a quieter time. Yet it speaks to the trappings and shortcomings of that life, as a woman. Within the same frame you also see the aspirations and desires of a woman. I know her work, she is my grand-mother, aunt, sister, cousin. She is my friend.” “The painting which really attracted my attention, and which is my favorite is “Mucha Santo” by artist Vanessa Paulina. It was the most remarked on, and was sold on opening night!” ” Dear beloved Iyawata Vanessa Paulina!<\/p>\n Well what should I say … your works made me wordless!<\/p>\n WOW … IHI`m overwhelmed! Your works a very great … more than enuff raspect for that! Keep up doing JAH works … for redemption is near, no fear.<\/p>\n It would be great, if we could hold contact in the future … for in the time we are living in JAH children have to Inity, seen?”<\/p>\n IHIMAHNHUWEHLH<\/strong><\/p>\n writer of\u00c2\u00a0 Itations of Jamaica and I<\/strong>
\nare the golden pipes on top of her head,
\nan organized chaos worthy of attention,
\nstrategically arranged,
\nto protect the artist in action.<\/p>\n
\na twister of colors,
\nbrought on with the stroke of a brush,
\nguided by the perfectionist within her,
\nnever satisfied with the masterpiece just created,
\nleaving you out of breath for a second,
\nsucking\u00c2\u00a0 you in, only for you to realize,
\nit\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s been hanging in front of\u00c2\u00a0 you all the time.<\/p>\n
\nwith an uncontainable joy for life,
\nthat touches all who surrounds her
\nthe domino effect\u00e2\u20ac\u00a6
\ncontagious!<\/p>\n
\nwhich makes her eyes sparkle like those of a child,
\nwho just masterminded her next big prank.<\/p>\n
\nin search of her Mother land,
\nwho rocked her to sleep,
\nstill longing for her,
\nand refusing to let her go.<\/p>\n
\nvulnerable, exposed, forceful, intense, passionately,
\ninspired, without limitations, connected, intuitively.
\nShe paints Tamb\u00c3\u00ba.<\/p>\n
\nta e tubunan di oro riba su kabes,
\norganis\u00c3\u00a1 den un k\u00c3\u00a1os digno di atenshon,
\nstrat\u00c3\u00a9gikamente orden\u00c3\u00a1,
\npa no stroba e artista den akshon<\/p>\n
\nwarwar\u00c3\u00ba di kol\u00c3\u00b3,
\ngui\u00c3\u00a1 pa p\u00c3\u00a8nsel perfekshonista,
\nnunka satisfecho ku e obra maestra,
\nku pa un sek\u00c3\u00b2nde ta ponebu p\u00c3\u00a8rd\u00c3\u00a8 rosea,
\ntr\u00c3\u00a8k bo hinka bo den dje,
\npa despues zonz\u00c3\u00a1 bo realis\u00c3\u00a1,
\nku tur e ora,
\nbo dilanti e la keda kolog\u00c3\u00a1<\/p>\n
\nku set di bida insasiabel,
\nku ta pega na tur ku ta rondon\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9;
\nEfekto di domin\u00c3\u00b3,
\nkontagioso!<\/p>\n
\nku ta pone su wowonan bria,
\nmanera mucha mala mucha,
\nku a\u00c2\u00a0 kaba di invent\u00c3\u00a1 su siguiente \u00e2\u20ac\u02dcbon plan\u00e2\u20ac\u2122.<\/p>\n
\nen buska di e suela
\nku a yay\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9,
\na keda anhel\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9,
\ni no ke p\u00c3\u00a8rd\u00e2\u20ac\u2122\u00c3\u00a9.<\/p>\n
\nSun\u00c3\u00ba, ku forsa, intenso, pashon\u00c3\u00a1, den trans, inspir\u00c3\u00a1, sin barera, konekt\u00c3\u00a1, segun intuishon…
\nE ta pinta tamb\u00c3\u00ba.<\/p>\n
\nAnnemiek van Vliet
\nCommunications, Translation and Photography<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAlex Da Silva
\nArtist<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nKarl Welch
\nOrganisator of Soulbeach, Aruba\/USA
\nOn the My childhood series<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nMargaret Wever
\nJournalist of Aruba newspaper The News
\nOn the painting “Mucha Santo”, Sinfa Aruba expo 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nAnn Brown
\nDirector of operations Tierra del Sol Golf resort Aruba
\nOn the painting “Past & Present” in the clubhouse art exhibit<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nRichard Brooks
\nSinfAruba Art Gallery<\/strong><\/p>\n
\nJuby Naar
\nDiario Aruba newspaper journalist
\nOn painting “Mucha Santo” (Sand- or holy-child) SinfA expo 2002<\/strong><\/p>\n