
{"id":691,"date":"2020-01-18T16:38:01","date_gmt":"2020-01-18T16:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/?page_id=691"},"modified":"2020-05-28T11:02:45","modified_gmt":"2020-05-28T11:02:45","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/?page_id=691","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Ellen Geerts<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized is-style-default\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1673\" width=\"180\" height=\"180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013.jpg 850w, https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013-750x750.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/portret-BD-aug-2013-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ellen Geerts travels in colour.&nbsp;With vivid, contrasting tints, she gives you a little peek into her memories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Although my landscapes differ in many aspects from the visible reality, many people recognize &#8216;something&#8217;.Not literally, but an experience, or a state of mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wim v. d. Beek (art critic ) writes about her work:<br><br>\u201cEllen Geerts ( Nijmegen 1962 ) utilizes the possibilities of paint and colors in adventurous art of painting.<br>Quick witted, the artist maneuvers between expressing the observed reality (usually&nbsp; landscapes) and an emotional translation and interpretation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She explores this immense area in her paintings, which need to be considered especially as poetical expressions.<br>It is clear that Geerts deals frankly with her sources. Nobody will blame her for that, as long as the adventurous perception of the painting has a positive effect on it.<br>The evocative style and coloristic approach produces<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>landscapes which are firm without<strong>&nbsp;<\/strong>loss of spontaneousness.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Born: 1962 Nijmegen, The Netherlands<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1980-1985: Academie voor Beeldende Vorming Tilburg, The Netherlands. Master in visual Arts and Art History.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Professor art education<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>International artist in residence at \u201cBournemouth&amp; Poole College of Art &amp; Design.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>1985- Artist visual arts. Lives and works in Oisterwijk ( The Netherlands) and Jeantes&nbsp;-( France). Her&nbsp;work&nbsp;is presented by&nbsp;galleries and museums in&nbsp;the Netherlands,&nbsp;Italy, UK, USA, France, Spain, Germany &nbsp;and&nbsp;Romania&nbsp;and is included&nbsp;in&nbsp;collections of&nbsp;art collectors, corporations&nbsp;and&nbsp;museums.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ellen Geerts Ellen Geerts travels in colour.&nbsp;With vivid, contrasting tints, she gives you a little peek into her memories. &#8220;Although my landscapes differ in many aspects from the visible reality, many people recognize &#8216;something&#8217;.Not literally, but an experience, or a state of mind.&#8221; Wim v. d. Beek (art critic ) writes about her work: \u201cEllen &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/?page_id=691\" class=\"more-link\">Lees verder <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">&#8220;Biography&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-691","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1675,"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/691\/revisions\/1675"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ellengeerts.nl\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}