Featured Artist: Renate van Nijen
Artist's Statement:
Renate feels that art is a personal journey and should be accessible to everybody and does not necessarily have to be dictated by art experts. With regard to her work she likes the observer to recognize their own story in her artwork so that it can blend in with their lives. You can find Renate's web site at www.renate-kunst.nl.
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Renate is a Dutch professional artist. She received her art-education in New Zealand and has developed herself further by working with established professional artists in The Netherlands and Italy where she lived and worked for 5 years. Renate has lived in Spain since October 2003. Renate does not use models when creating her art. She works very intuitively and you can see the influence of the southern light in her paintings. She has had many exhibitions of her work, in places including Paris, Rome and Amsterdam. Her work has been purchased by people from Moscow to New York.