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St. Maria de Castellabate

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Ingmar Spit

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I feel somewhat lost in today’s media culture. My workflow is erratic and irregular. Plans can take years to come to fruition and working on a piece can span weeks or even months. This does not sit well with today’s content demands.

An abstract take on a beach scene with a classical building directly on the beach sand of Santa Maria de Castellabate in Italy.
St. Maria de Castellabate, fine art print 80 x 80 cm

This piece, for example. I started working on it in May 2025, triggered by a photograph taken by my wife in St. Maria de Castellabate during our honeymoon. My initial idea was to describe the dusk and the play of light on a classical building that is right on the beach. After the initial draft, it took me months to finish it. I had breaks of several weeks in between versions, during which time I allowed the piece to evolve slowly in my mind.

Maybe it sounds silly, but traveling from A to B like this takes time, more so then effort. It needs time to ripe. To start understanding what it needs, or wants. This process can take ages.

I find that weird. I work with digital technology, which should make creation fluent and maby even quick. But the way pieces slowly ripe makes it almost impossible to produce at a pace that modern media dictates.

A sketch of a colourful digital artwork in progress in its imaging software. The scene depicts a vibrant Mediterranean building on the beach in Castellabate, Italy. It features bold geometric shapes and a warm sunset sky, with the building's orange and blue tones contrasting with the golden sand and tranquil sea in the background.
St. Maria de Castellabate, thrid draft july 2025
Photo of the beach at Santa Maria di Castellabate. The photograph depicts a classic building sitting directly on the beach at dawn.
Castellabate beach, photograph by Astrid Spit-Steur 2004.

Cheers, Ingmar

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