Strength and fragility

I paint and draw my immediate surroundings in the rural area just north of Amsterdam.  Aiming to show a timeless beauty, without reverting to nostalgia.
 Every time I’m out there with my easel, I ask myself what fascinates me about what I see and how do I capture the beauty of this view in my painting? I am always looking for the essence of what I want to express. The area I live in has a rich and long agricultural history. I paint people, landscapes, animals, trying to show them the way they are now, framing them in their rapidly changing surroundings.

At the moment, the focus of my work lies with painting the different aspects of dairy farming. How does it influence the animals, the people and the landscape? This is the MILK project, culminating in an exhibition in the Waterland Museum in the autumn of 2021.  

Apart from the cattle and other big farm animals, I paint plein air landscapes, and portraits from life.

 

 

FRESH OFF THE EASEL

Drawing of a human skull and a cattle skull in charcoal
Ancient bond, charcoal on paper 50x65cm

I studied at Wackers Academy of figurative art in Amsterdam, and graduated with honours in June 2019. I have participated in and won awards at several international plein air painting festivals such as Noordwijk and Pintar Rapido. With a small charcoal drawing of trees reflected in a ditch, I won a place at the Dutch national Summer Exhibition at Museum De Fundatie. One of my portraits was selected for the "Lang leve Rembrandt" exhibition at the Rijksmuseum. End of 2021 I will be exhibiting solo at the Waterland Museum in Monnickendam with the MILK project I am now working on.

 

 

Current and upcoming exhibitions

November 8 - February 1 "Visitekaartjes", Galerie Paterswolde
December 5 - February 7 "Vlootschouw" De Boterhal, Hoorn
December 10 - January 29 Salon at Arti&Amicitiae
2021 March 1 - 7 Figure drawings, group exhibition in the Art Space at Arti&Amicitiae
2021 April "Ezeltjes", galerie De Beuken, Laren
2021 June 21 - 27 Schilderfestival Noordwijk
2021 September - December "Milk", solo exhibition Waterlands Museum De Speeltoren, Monnickendam

 

 

Philine van der Vegte, figurative artist, portrait painter, animal painter

Hoogedijk 40, 1145 pp Katwoude NL

philine@philinevandervegte.com

tel +31 634297557 (but I prefer mail or whatsapp)

VAT number NL 001997814B55, KvK 37147106

 

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