The Quiet Geometry of Nature Born in Vught, Netherlands, in 1958, Gabriëlle van de Laak has spent her career translating the subtle shifts of the natural world into a language of form and color. Based in Heerewaarden, her practice is deeply rooted in the landscape of the uiterwaarden, the riverine floodplains that surround her. Her work does not seek to replicate the scenery through literal representation, but rather to distill it into…