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Elles BB, an artist in size.
At a later age she started painting, at first with some shaky steps, but soon she experienced appreciation and recognition in her environment and after a few years also abroad.
When you ask her to tell you something about herself or to write a piece, she says: "I paint".
That statement is also characteristic of her work, that is what she does.
All her life she has been involved in design, furnishing and fashion. She has worked for a number of well-known Dutch interior designers and she herself had a shop in Deventer for a long time. First vintage and curiosities and later American seconds in combination with fashion. She has always tried to beautify and embellish her surroundings. She can only find peace in a harmonious environment. And if it isn't there, she creates it.
Then why did you start painting, I asked. Her answer was astonishing. You expect a whole story about education, art academy 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 every now and then, but you can't immediately call it art. Ultimately, that's what your environment does. And that environment gets bigger because you stand out.
Elles prefers to paint on large canvases with a lot of panache. You can almost say that she models her canvases. She hardly ever works with a brush, but often with a roller or with putty knives or anything that is within reach. Usually she works "wet in wet" because she is in a hurry. She then says she is in a "flow" and she cannot stop.
Most of the artists you speak to say that they have their idea of something. Elles doesn't have that, she can't imagine anything visually. That means she starts a work with a vague feeling and then something arises. And only then does she see what it will become. And then add some accents here and there.
Many artists work in a specific theme or subject. Elles has that to a limited extent. She does know periods in which she produces comparable paintings. But then a cover comes and she makes something completely different. Often also in a short or longer series.
She is regularly asked at home and abroad for exhibitions in galleries and at exhibitions. She has now appeared five times with a number of works in Dutch and foreign books.
Elles BB, special person with a special talent.
ConditionExcellentColorsBlueMaterialCanvasNumber of items1StyleAbstractHeight130 cmWidth105 cmDepth3 cm