It started with a post on Instagram. A post to which Eva responded with great enthusiasm. And now, two and a half years later, I am sitting at Eva Jinek's kitchen table with coffee and cake. My work hangs pontifically in the living room. It fits and stands beautifully in that spot. Eva and Dexter are very happy with it. I am happy.
It is the conclusion of a special story. It is the keeping of a promise. Because whatever the promise, and whatever has changed in the meantime, no matter how long you end up taking: you always keep your promises.
The result is a beautiful large canvas featuring 3 generations of Jinek. The background is my interpretation/editing of a painting made by Eva's mother, and what are also the endpapers of Eva's book 'Dream Big'. The words Dream Big are, of course, Eva's. Her book. Her dream. Her stories of powerful women who not only dream but make them come true. Pax and Salo are the third generation. Pax wrote the names and literally contributed.
Interview for Eva's newsletter
Eva knows bits of my story, bits of my dream and that her book influenced this, but she wants to know more. She asks me if she can interview me for her newsletter. Sure, she can! I feel honoured. If you know me then you know I'm an open book. And with this warm, sweet woman, this was no different. She wrote down my story, and this story, beautifully. I am very proud of it.
- Eva Jinek
‘Lisette's dream now hangs in my living room.’
The interview and photographs of the artwork can be found at this page.