Illustration on paper, 10/20mm ink drip marker on A4. A continuation of the ‘Wall of Masks’ and ‘I struggle. Not Curaçaoan, Not Dutch’ series. A personal and evolving exploration of emotion, identity, and visibility.

"Unmasked, Between Being and Seeming" is a personal and annually expanding project in which I capture my emotional state through hand-drawn masks, using an ink drip marker. Each mask emerges intuitively, raw, direct, and without correction, as I let the lines flow freely across the page. To me, the mask is not a cover, but a mirror. It reflects what lies beneath the surface: emotions that are difficult to express in words, yet reveal themselves through form, rhythm, and repetition. Each mask is a snapshot, a state of mind captured in linework. Over time, this growing collection becomes a visual archive of my inner landscape. New masks are added each year.

"Unmasked" is also a process of becoming visible: a slow unveiling, layer by layer, of myself, between who I am and who I seem to be.