“Having a space like this really affords me the opportunity to explore my medium and my work narratively as well as physically, in a very calm and effective way to think about what impact I have on society and my community at large,” says Driaan. Working at the outer edge of his ability is where this artist is happiest. A place where logic ends, and intuition takes over.
“Bringing different materials together is an understanding of constraints of each one of those material manufacturing processes and limitations,” he explains. These physical representations of ideas stir the same wonder as telescope images captured of the birth of stars.
“When coming to my studio, you will find a large variety of different sculptures in different mediums,” he says, “each provoking a different emotion and quality of engagement and asking questions that one can reflect on on the self and through the nature of consciousness and the mind.”
Seeing his work as a positive reflection of dealing with struggles with mental health, the artist insists that if you have a reason to live, you can surmount almost any obstacle.