Paintings by Karin Kuilmam
After my four children were all grown, I finally started painting as an almost daily practice again.
I love watching old master’s paintings, learn from them and try to make paintings inspired by them. I am trying all kinds of materials, like egg tempera, acrylic paint, watercolor and pastels, and I bought oils but die not use them because they kind of impress me.
When I was young I was always drawing and when I was eighteen I went to art school. But my parents were not very happy with it so I became a primaryschool teacher instead, and I loved teaching children, and loved doing art with them.
All those years raising my own children and teaching at school there never seemed to be time to do some painting myself. …