Africa unite Painting

Around 1994, art got a whole new meaning for her. In this period she studied Design and Styling at the Grafisch Lyceum of Utrecht. Through experiments with acrylic paint on paper, wood and canvas, her realistic style changed to a more figurative abstract image of reality. She gets her inspiration from animals with a story which is obvious to see in the paintings. Each piece has a title but there is always an underlying story behind each and every artwork. Through the extensive use of colors she brings the artwork to life. 'I think we need more colour in our world. More knowledge about every living creature, so we will find out, it needs respect and everything is on it's way home'. I call my work figurative and give my artwork my own twist but at the same time it just happens. I paint each animal as an individual, because behind every animal there is its story. The purpose of my work is that it makes people happy, but at the same time to preserve the values and positive image of all beautiful things we live with for the future, so that they will not be lost. In my artwork I use a lot of primary colors, because every color comes to life through combining different colors. The background colors of the artworks are a part of the portrait animal. It tells about its surroundings, its daily life or its future.