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When the basis is Red
acrylics on canvas 150 x 100 x 4
Elles BB, an artist in stature.
At a later age she started painting, first with some shaky steps, but soon she experienced appreciation and recognition in her surroundings and after a few years also abroad.
When you ask her to tell something about herself or write a piece, she says, "I paint."
That statement is also characteristic of her work, which is what she does.
All her life she has been involved in design, decoration and fashion. For example, she has worked for a number of well-known Dutch interior designers and she herself has had a store in Deventer for a long time. First vintage and curios and later American seconds combined with fashion. Always she has tried to make her surroundings beautiful and beautifying. She can only find peace in a harmonious environment. And if that is not there she creates it.
So why did you start painting, I asked. Her answer was astonishing. You expect a whole story about education, art school and abroad. But she said, "I was with my sister at Leen Bakker and my sister bought some small canvases and then I thought, let me try that too."
Everyone can put something on a canvas, but you can't immediately call it art. That's ultimately what your surroundings do. And that environment becomes bigger because you stand out.
Elles prefers to paint on large canvases with a lot of panache. You could almost say she models her canvases. She almost never works with a brush, but often with a roller or putty knives or anything within reach. She usually works "wet in wet" because she is in a hurry. She says she is then in a "flow" and she can't stop.
Most artists you talk to say they have their representation of something. Elles doesn't have that, she can't visually imagine anything. That means she starts a work with a vague feeling and then something emerges. And only then does she see what it becomes. And then she applies some accents here and there.
Many artists work in a particular theme or subject. Elles has that to a limited extent. She does have periods when she produces similar paintings. But then comes a turning point and she produces something totally different. Often also in a short or longer series.
Partly thanks to her website www.EllesBB.nl, not only have clients been able to find her, but she is and is regularly asked at home and abroad for exhibitions in galleries and at exhibitions. By now she has been featured five times in Dutch and foreign books.
Elles BB, special person with a special talent.
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ConditionExcellentNumber of items1Height150 cmWidth100 cmDepth4 cm