I want to paint my vision into reality
Artwork by Olivia Anderson
“Since I was a child, drawing and painting has been a passion of mine, but life has only now presented me a change to embrace this passion. With some effort, I…
“Since I was a child, drawing and painting has been a passion of mine, but life has only now presented me a change to embrace this passion. With some effort, I…
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Unfortunately, I do not have any “before” artworks to showcase as I just started on my artist’s way. I always thought that to draw you have…
My name is Marianne Schilstra, 53 years of age, married with a farmer and I live in the northern part of The Netherlands. Since my childhood, I like drawing and painting.…
I saw an Old Masters Academy’s student’s feedback, where she shows her before and after portraits, so I decided to share my progress as well. ……
After years of putting my artistic pursuits aside and working to provide a comfortable home and lifestyle for my family, it is now my turn to return to those dreams and develop a strong artistic…
… During my degree, after two years I started to get frustrated when I realized I just don’t have enough tools in the university to express myself. I wanted to learn…
I have been a professional artist for 35 years but am self taught and paintings take me hundreds of hours to complete a 40×60” painting. It is because I don’t know…
I’m a 67 year old mother of 5 children with 13 grandchildren who didn’t start painting till around 50 because life was just too busy with our dairy farm, kids…
Painting has been at the heart of my creative practice since I was young, I always had a pencil or brush in my hand and find it an important way to…