Jantien Salomons

My whole youth I was surrounded by nature: you could find me in the meadows, forests climbing trees and on the mighty seas and oceans, spending long summers on my father’s sea ship. Growing up in the countryside in the northern part of the Netherlands I literally took my first steps on UNESCO’s natural world heritage site the Wadden Islands and revisit each year. This all together makes me feel at home in the middle of nature. I respect its power and wisdom and am impressed by nature’s sublime beauty, resulting in the desire to share this love with my paintings and to reconnect the viewer with nature and our living planet.

After a study at the Royal Academy of Arts in The Hague (at the Dutch seaside) and education by well-known Dutch artists, I explored and studied together with co-creators. Creating is just the start of the art process, the circle is complete when someone takes my artwork into their life. We are not separate, we all are one and art connects: being an artist fills me with gratitude.

Submitted by GALERIA AZUR