Kraaybeekerhof is a tranquil estate, easily accessible by car or public transportation and an ideal starting point for a studio route with 34 participants, divided over 29 locations.
In former days Hungary was a European country behind the Iron curtain. The Eastern Bloc. Different. But... how then different? The story of 'Lekehalom', a house in Hungary: 'If bricks could talk.'
This first painting contest organized by the Singer museum was a great succes and attracted hundreds of enthusiastic participants from all parts of the country. The assignment was to 'discover the painting animal in oneself' and to be inspired by de strong brushstrokes, the whirl of colors, the stylized reality and the directness of work made by Jan Sluijters.
The search into 'letting go' started in 2008 with the painting of an insecure clown and was completed in 2011 with an exuberant jump into space: 'To change the world one has to start with oneself.'
The location was again the orangery and shared with Henriette van Zeggeren (photography).
'To make a long story short: memories consist of images:
Images that we want to hold on to: of a mood, an emotion, persons important
in our lives.'
Oranjerie van Hydepark,
Driebergsestraatweg 50,
Doorn,
Netherlands
The work had to be based on the theme of the song by Dutch artist, Boudewijn de Groot:'Als de rook om je hoofd is verdwenen' (Translation: 'Once the fog has disappeared around your head ')
The jury commented on my work:
'Nicely painted head. The work shows guts, for example the blue hair.'
Participating artist in the studio route held yearly in Driebergen. Together with Henriette van Zeggeren, Bibi Berkenbosch and Elly Wijnands the location was the pleasant ambiance of the orangery in Hydepark.
Oranjerie van Hydepark,
Driebergsestraatweg 50,
Doorn,
Netherlands
Yearly Artibus awards, presented by Annelore Scholten, director of the Art lease gallery in Utrecht. A jury judged and nominated the work, made by students in the past school year.
Anneke entered the portrait of her father, Mr. Jan de Jager and won the Artibus prize awarded by the public.
Utrechts Centrum voor de Kunsten (UCK),
Verlengde Hoogravenseweg 150b,
Utrecht,
Netherlands
