Caren van Herwaarden works on and with paper. Drawing with pencil is her basis, often in combinations with other techniques, such as watercolor and ink. Her work is sensory, direct and sensitive.
In recent years, her work has become more spatial, integrating images of old sheets into her drawings. This gives her work an incantatory, sensory charge. This is essential for Van Herwaarden, especially at a time when contacts between people are increasingly taking place on a virtual, non-sensory plane.