Flourish We Will

€2,500.00


Flourish We Will is a deeply personal and poetic narrative that explores themes of identity, migration, love, and resilience, using the allegorical presence of the Green Parakeets in Amsterdam as both muse and metaphor. This painting draws inspiration from the true story of the parakeets—non-native birds believed to have arrived in Amsterdam around the 1970s (some sources cite as early as 1976) who were originally imported as pets.

This work is a response to the CBK Zuidoost Summer Salon Open Call, celebrating Amsterdam 750 years of the city’s post-war development and cultural evolution. In this context, I offer a layered narrative that connects environmental shifts, diasporic identity, queer liberation, and the politics of visibility in a city known for its progressiveness, but also its quiet exclusions. I want to draw attention to what it means to not just survive, but to flourish in a place that was never designed for you.

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
100 X 120 CM
2025


Flourish We Will is a deeply personal and poetic narrative that explores themes of identity, migration, love, and resilience, using the allegorical presence of the Green Parakeets in Amsterdam as both muse and metaphor. This painting draws inspiration from the true story of the parakeets—non-native birds believed to have arrived in Amsterdam around the 1970s (some sources cite as early as 1976) who were originally imported as pets.

This work is a response to the CBK Zuidoost Summer Salon Open Call, celebrating Amsterdam 750 years of the city’s post-war development and cultural evolution. In this context, I offer a layered narrative that connects environmental shifts, diasporic identity, queer liberation, and the politics of visibility in a city known for its progressiveness, but also its quiet exclusions. I want to draw attention to what it means to not just survive, but to flourish in a place that was never designed for you.

ACRYLIC ON CANVAS
100 X 120 CM
2025

 
 
 

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    • Wooden frame

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  • his piece was developed over the course of 52 hours, using high-quality acrylic paint on professional-grade stretched canvas. The surface has been treated with a satin varnish, offering subtle sheen and UV protection while preserving texture and brushwork. It is framed in a sleek black wooden frame to enhance its presence and provide a ready-to-hang finish. It is signed and accompanied with a certificate of authenticity.

    The work embodies a careful layering process, both technically and conceptually. From the atmospheric rendering of the Amsterdam canals to the soft yet vivid parakeet tones, each element was chosen to reinforce the balance between stillness and movement, memory and becoming.

    • Please allow 4 weeks for Karla to process your original purchase

    • Shipping of paintings on original stretchers measuring up to 50x70 directly to your door by courier.

    • Shipping of paintings larger than 50x70 cm is carried out removed from the stretcher and packed in a special package (heavy duty postal tube or box ) according to the size of the specific painting directly to your door by courier.