Marly Freij

Marly Freij is a painter living in the Netherlands. She creates abstract landscapes and seascapes. She also creates pure abstract paintings and portraits of women. A lot of variety in subject, color, technique and materials can be found in her work. She likes to experiment and is looking for challenges in her work. If challenges appear, she tries to find a new approach or a different solution. The result is a colorful and varied collection.
Nature is an important source of inspiration. She is fascinated by the way nature affects people. The tranquility, that makes you think or clears up your mind. The views, the horizon, which challenge you to look beyond your own horizon. That feeling she is trying to evoke with her paintings. A starting point in all her land- and seascapes is therefore vista and depth . By creating a lot of details, rather suggestions, in her land- and seascapes, the viewers of her paintings can make their own interpretation. In order to promote this, Marly does not give titles to these paintings.
Her needs for challenge and contrast in her work is clear when you see her entire collection: subdued colors in her seascapes versus an exuberant color palette in her landscapes, landscapes made up of orga...

10 years portrait- and model painting and –drawing ( all techniques)
2 Years academy class.
2 years course experimental techniques
Workshops painting- and textile techniques with several Dutch artists

Marly exhibits mostly in art-galleries in the Netherlands and Belgium. Some art-galleries include her work in their permanent collection. Her work is also included in both private and public collections.

Galerie Sille (Oudewater, NL) 2011 – until now
Laren Art Fair with galerie Sille 2017
Galerie Irok ( Horst, Netherlands) 2014 – until now
Galerie Article (Wijk bij Duurstede, NL)2011, 2017
Marco Titucci Art Gallery (De Haan, Belgium) 2016/17
Synagoge Buren (Netherlands) 2017
Galerie Mondi ( Soesterberg, Netherlands) 2012, 2013
Galerie van Bellen (Willemstad, NL) 2015, 2016, 2017
Galerie van Eijk ( Rotterdam, Netherlands) 2014, 2015
Global Art Gallery ( Tongeren, Belgium) 2014
Galerie de Paardenstal ( Espel, Netherlands) 2014
Art Gallery Pot (Axel, Netherlands) 2013, 2014
De Galeriet ( Delden, Netherlands) 2011 until 2014
Galerie Art-ist ( Geel, Belgium) 2012
Galerie Rudolf V (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2011
Galerie Oosterlaren ( Laren, NL) 2010, 2011, 2012
Cultuurtempel (Haarlem, Netherlands) 2011
Galerie Oost 99 (Hoorn, Netherlands) 2010