Zaan

is

in

love

with

the

detail

and

beauty

of

the

natural

world,

particularly

the

ocean.

Pure

awe

and

adoration

exist

for

the

creative

process,

from

first

contemplating

something

beautiful,

be

it

a

thought

or

a

thing,

to

analysing

it,

to

capturing,

reproducing

and

recreating

its

essence.

“I make use of reflection to abstract or distort reality. It is through the water that recognisable objects become transmuted. A transformation occurs, and new objects and shapes appear. Something is born in the water, something greater than the sum of its parts.”

- Zaan