Biography and statement

"My motivation and inspiration comes from the natural world, at places close by and far away. My paintings and photographs are a result of a love for nature and a curious mind."

Painting techniques:
- watercolour on watercolour paper
- oil on canvas or panel

Photography equipment:
- Nikon D200

Main exhibitions:
- 'Van Texel tot Mauritius' - Galerie Oog voor Natuur, NL - 2010
- 'L'Animal dans l'Art '- Paris - 2009
- 'Artists for Conservation'- Hiram Blauvelt Museum, NJ - 2009
- 'Oog voor overleven' - Galerie Oog voor Natuur, NL - 2009
- 'Art and the Animal' - Neville Public Museum, WI - 2008
- 'Art und Vielfalt' - Museum fur Naturkunde Magdeburg, Germany - 2008
- 'Small works, big impressions' - The Wildlife Experience, CO - 2007
- 'Art and the Animal' - The Wildlife Experience, CO - 2007
- 'Birds in Art' - Leigh Yawkey Woodson Museum of Art, WI - 2006
- 'Art and the Animal' - Nevada State Museum - 2005

Memberships:
- Artists for Conservation (AFC)
- Society of Animal Artists (SAA)

Study trips:
- Kenya
- South Africa
- Egypt
- Mexico
- U.S.A. several parks and states
- Svalbard (Spitsbergen)
- Ireland
- Mauritius

Born 1959, Netherlands
Resides in Amersfoort, Netherlands.

Ria mainly paints land and watercapes, arctic scenes and parrots. She has been drawing and painting from early childhood. Animals and birds were always her main subjects. She is a self taught artist but after getting private training became more accomplished in her techniques. Reference material is collected during her study trips. Besides being an artist she is also an accomplished photographer.
In 2009 she was granted a fellowship of the Artists for Conservation Foundation to make flag expedition to Mauritius.
More information about this project is on the projectpage of parrotsinart.com.

To view the handwritten jounal of this expedition please go to Handwritten journal.

Commissions are accepted.

For further information please contact wintersr@planet.nl