Artist Spotlight - Trijnie Goudriaan
Biography
Initially trained as a teacher, I obtained my Master’s degree at the Academy of Arts in Arnhem, The Netherlands in 1985. I have been active ever since as an independent artist in my studio in Wageningen.
No title, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 70 cm
Artist Statement
My work radiates empethatic observation of vulnerability: an insect, an half decomposed leaf or an old weathered wall. I keep searching for the narrow path between melancholy and optimism. Melancholy because deterioration is inevitable, optimism as life is irresistable.
La maison blanche, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cmanvas
My paintings refer to reality, but they are not meant to be exact. Rather, the paintings represent themselves. They express the mere love for life which I have experienced during my observations. I use color arrangement, positioning of lines and surface texture.
Algae, 2009, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
No title, 2007, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 40 cm
I never promised you a rosegarden, 1992, acrylic on canvas, 180 x 150 cm
Diptych Autumn flowering, 2021, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm twice
Small scenery, 2019, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Tick, 2020, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Lost nature 1, 2024, Charcoal on canvas, 120 x 40 cm
Lost Nature 2, 2024, Charcoal on canvas, 120 x 40 cm
Flowering, 2020, Acrylic on canvas, 80 x 60 cm
The blue lake, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 80 cm
Old house, 2015, acrylic on canvas, 70 x 100 cm
Helpless, 2017, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 30 cm
Leaf, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 100 x 100 cm
