ANITA COUWENBERGH
CONTEMPORARY DUTCH PAINTINGS and integrating and liberating ARTWORK
Anita Couwenbergh is a Dutch artist who lives in Eindhoven, Netherlands. She expresses herself mostly through painting using oil colors and sometimes through other materials like clay, wood or glass.
Anita's paintings are characterized by an endless diversity of colors. They are like dancing on the canvas, they are like music compositions in colors. Her paintings were used in a theater play enhancing atmosphere. People are buying her art work to brighten up their living or working space making it special. E.g. her art was bought by the Dutch Department of Justice, by the Premonstratenser Abbey of Berne in Heeswijk and is being sold to companies as well as to private persons.
She initiated with two others SPLASH! : painters making artwork vibrant with color and action in front of the public. Since 2011 they stretched themselves to another level. Working in the Van Abbemuseum in Eindhoven in their special project "Connecting" they were asked by museum director Charles Esche to make a new program for the museum in 2012.
Mission & Technique
Anita completed the
study of German Languages and Literature (secondary subjects: History of Art and
French) at the University of Utrecht
in 1985. Some years later she completed the study of art-therapist (Academie De
Wervel/Zeist).
In 1997 she started working as a fulltime professional artist.
She took part in exhibitions and art-manifestations in Amsterdam, Antwerpen and many other places in the Netherlands and Belgium. The exhibitions are going on. She teaches in The Netherlands, Belgium or Germany.
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Her art is based on the idea that colours, when treated respectfully, can
express the ''atmosphere'' which is always there behind physical reality. She loves to treat them just like sounds as in a composition. This viewpoint may
help you to look at these mostly abstract but lyrical works. Artists like Klee, Kandinsky and Permeke,
Kirkeby and Kiefer are the motivation and inspiration to go on developing the art of painting.
Inspired by all day life, people she meets, nature, music, books, emotions or
simply out of the pure joy that color is giving to her she creates
her paintings. To provide art that will inspire you in your own daily life,
bringing love, is one of the main missions. Her work will bring a positive and interesting atmosphere in
your environment. Another goal is to make unseen but existing worlds visible, something that especially art can
do.
Contact Information: contact@paintinganita.com
Work in stock: Business Art Service (BAS): http://www.kunst.nl
So here you are, invited to see if there is anything on this website to inspire you! Please, do keep in mind that seeing real paintings is a different experience from looking at those small pictures here on your screen.
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so don't copy any of it without asking the maker!