Tiina van de Korput draws inspiration for her paintings from nature and the light of the sun as it falls upon the lands of her various travel destinations. She conjures luminous landscapes and images of wildlife, often connecting the viewer to the animal subjects through their gaze to draw them deeper into the painting its special environment. Tiina van de Korput works hard to maintain a balance between her sources of inspiration, and between realistic and abstract techniques.

Born in Finland and based in the Netherlands, she uses "Nordic" shades of blues and greens to create a stylized color palette, to which she then adds influences from Asia and the tropics, bringing in warm oranges and golds. Then, through a tempered affect produced by layering paint gradually, she masters a depth that draws the viewer deeper into the work. Finally, she adds a play with texture to illuminate the contrasts that intrigue her: "the harmony or clash of colors, dark or light, rough or smooth, objects en mass or in detail, etc." The result is a body of subtly explorative and wonderfully atmospheric paintings that bring the very light of their subjects to the viewer--and this is where the journey begins.