Psychedelic Design Hero Blog Post: Marijke Koger
Despite the lack of information on this artist online, I chose Marijke Koger as my psychedelic art hero. A multi-talented artist from Holland, Koger’s beautiful mural work, album covers, and painted instruments all hold a special delicateness in balance with its psychedelic flair. Her complex compositions are always well balanced with an abundance of colours and textures that somehow work harmoniously. I was drawn to how she portrayed women in her paintings, beautiful but with a certain strength in their pose and eyes. There is a calming sense from the figures that help balance out the complex backgrounds and settings in these pieces of artwork.
Another aspect of Koger’s work I enjoy is the natural backgrounds and flora she paints. The psychedelic style typically has a very loose and nature-based feel- so the use of flowers and greenery in her work plays off the theme beautifully. Even her design work for The Fool’s album cover features a calming and serene landscape to balance out the psychedelic text and photography used in the foreground.
Works Cited
https://marijkekogerart.com/marijkeKoger/psychedlic-Paintings-about.php
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/marijke-koger-dunhams-psy_n_1671660