Description
Elly Richaerts / Artist Statement
My painting life has only been short. After working for 40 years in education and nearing retirement, a second life began for me in the studio.
During my career in primary education, developing the creative skills of children was my passion. For my own development in painting, I took drawing and painting lessons for years in my free time at the art academy and I worked in the studios of various artists. Painting has always been a part of my life.
In between, I also engaged in portrait photography of people from cultures other than the Western culture. That hobby was and still is a driving force to travel the world.
Now that I have exchanged the classroom for a studio for several years, painting has become my greatest passion; my daily work.
