Judith Ansems

From age 4 to 8 I lived in Lima Peru. My Steph father developed schools in 'los Pueblos Jovenes'. In the Netherlands I studied Communications and Design. At this time (1991) I became the singer of the most popular Student band in The Netherlands, The Hermes House Band. Our songs ' I will survive' and 'Country roads' became, among 10 other songs, a worldwide succes. In 2023 we even reached 100.000.000 streams on Spotify.
I married my high school sweetheart and we raised 3 beautiful kids. In 2013 I decided to become a professional painter and so I did.
I graduated at the Wackers Academie of Art in Amsterdam. My teachers are my biggest inspirators. Jim Harris, Sam Drukker, Robbert Vorstman, Rogier Willems, Maarten Welbergen, Tatyana Yassievich, Irma Braat. For graduation my work was judged by Koen Vermeule (among others) and also he is an artist I admire. Carlos Sagrera and Gustav Undin are my current inspirators. I also admire Arnout Killian, but it all started with my love for the work of Edward Hopper.
In 2021 we decided to move to Bali. This is where I live and work at the moment.

In my work I focus on daily scenes and subjects. The shadow of the tree on the tiles; the sunlight in the room; the view from one room through the oth...

To improve my skills I studied 5 years full time at the Wackers Academy of Art in the Netherlands. I've learned the classic techniques of the old Dutch Masters like Rembrandt, Rubens and Vermeer. My brilliant teachers taught me to see the beauty in our daily lives and how to catch this beauty on canvas.

Art fairs in The Netherlands like 'De KunstRai', Expositions in one of Netherlands most famous galeries for Fine Art 'Gallery Mokum', in Amsterdam. Expositions at the 'Wackers Academy of Art'.