Curator's review:
Collection Overview: Artistic Themes, Style, and Strengths
Unifying Themes & Mood
- The collection is unified by serene, expressive landscapes, often at dawn or dusk, with a focus on tranquility, reflection, and the beauty of nature.
- Recurring motifs include water, boats, wildflowers, birds, and gentle transitions of light, evoking peace, nostalgia, and optimism. The mood is consistently uplifting and contemplative, inviting viewers to pause and appreciate quiet moments in nature.
Artistic Style: Expressive, fluid brushwork with a strong sense of movement and texture. Warm, harmonious color palettes—golden browns, soft blues, and floral hues—create a welcoming, positive atmosphere.
- Attention to detail in finishing (painted sides, quality hangwork) enhances the professional presentation.
Strongest Artistic Elements: Mastery of light and atmospheric effects, especially in sky and water reflections. Effective use of color to evoke emotion and set mood. Compositional balance: foreground elements (boats, flowers) draw the viewer in, while backgrounds provide depth and serenity.
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- Artistieke thema's, stijl en sterke punten, stemming. De collectie wordt gekenmerkt door serene, expressieve landschappen, vaak bij zonsopgang of zonsondergang, met een focus op rust, reflectie en de schoonheid van de natuur. Terugkerende motieven zijn water, boten, wilde bloemen, vogels en zachte lichtovergangen, die vrede, nostalgie en optimisme oproepen. De stemming is consequent opbeurend en contemplatief, en nodigt kijkers uit om even stil te staan en te genieten van rustige momenten in de natuur.
- Artistieke stijl: Expressieve, vloeiende penseelvoering met een sterk gevoel voor beweging en textuur. Warme, harmonieuze kleurenpaletten – goudbruin, zachtblauw en levendige bloementinten – creëren een gastvrije, positieve sfeer. Aandacht voor detail in de afwerking (geschilderde zijkanten, hoogwaardig hangwerk) versterkt de professionele presentatie.
- Sterkste artistieke elementen: Beheersing van licht- en atmosferische effecten, met name in lucht- en waterreflecties. Effectief kleurgebruik om emotie op te roepen en stemming te creëren. Compositorisch evenwicht: elementen op de voorgrond (boten, bloemen) trekken de kijker naar binnen, terwijl de achtergrond zorgt voor diepte en rust.
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Ans Duin – Impressies in Acryl
Als schilder in impressionistische stijl heb ik jarenlang de natuur omarmd als mijn grootste inspiratiebron. Altijd met mijn fotocamera in de hand trok ik eropuit – het bos in, de heide over, dwalend door onze prachtige provincies.
Ik verwonder mij over de geur van het mos, het spel van licht tussen de bomen, en de verstilde schoonheid van het landschap. Van de glooiende dalen en karakteristieke boerderijen in Limburg tot het strakke, open ritme van de Beemster in Noord-Holland – ieder gebied heeft zijn eigen verhaal, zijn eigen sfeer.
In mijn schilderijen probeer ik die indrukken vast te leggen. Nooit letterlijk, altijd als een persoonlijke beleving. Met zachte acryltinten en af en toe een uitgesproken kleuraccent – zoals diep paars – breng ik de ruimte, rust en weidsheid van het Hollandse landschap tot leven.
Mijn werk is geen weergave van de werkelijkheid, maar een uitnodiging tot kijken, voelen en even stilstaan. Een impressie – vertaald in kleur, vorm en gevoel.
Landscapes style impressionism.
In the years that I have been painting, I have always kept my camera at hand. Into the forest, into nature, wandering over the heath, everything was beautiful and impressive in my eyes. I sniff the scent of moss and trees, I marvel at the beautiful landscapes of our various provinces. The beautiful Limburg with its rolling valleys and its special long farms, but also the Beemster in North Holland declared a heritage site is photogenic. I, Ans Duin, try to capture this in my own style in soft acrylic tones with an occasional outlier to e.g. deep purple. I have tried to capture the vastness and space of the Dutch landscape in the paintings below. It is never reality, it is an impression!
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Flying high, fly away ....
Flying high, fly away ....
100 x 80 cm.
Landscape in soft green and yellow colors, painted with acrylic on linen and finished with varnish to keep the bright colors. Flowers changing in birds and fly away. Do we not sometimes want to fly away? to discover a new world ? I painted it.
Sunset over the fields
Sunset over the fields
80 x 100 cm.
A beautiful painting with opcoming sun over the fields shining. Green valley with a small path between the flowers in yellow and green. Finished with varnish to keep the bright colors.
I share my world with you
I share my world with you
140 x 60 cm.
I want to share my world with you! Very colourfull landscape with heath on the foreground. The landscape in soft colours. Ready to hang on your wall.
I paint a lot of landscapes in which I walk and dream of a beautiful world. I do hope you enjoy my work. Free shipping in the Netherlands. Paintings are send all over the world.
Garden of eternal spring
Garden of eternal spring
120 x 80 cm.
Garden of eternal spring is pinted in a lot of layers with acrylic on linen. Wonderful spheerful painting with hundreds of little flowers in the grass.
Waving reed
Waving reed
90 x 90 cm.
Painted with acrylic on linen, linen in aluminium frame, keeps tight. Sides also painted in a dark color, no need for a list. Ready to hang on your wall.
After the rain
After the rain
90 x90 cm.
After the rain painted with acrylic on linen, sides also painted. After heavy showers of rain the grass is green again and sun is peeping behind the clouds.
Abstracted landscape
Abstracted landscape
90 x 90 cm.
Mixed technique with acrylic on 1st class linen.Including a blacklist with a small silver rand, perfect list for this painting. Ready to hang on your wall.
Nature / Hoge Veluwe
Nature / Hoge Veluwe
70 x 80 cm.
This is a painting of the Hoge Veluwe, wonderful landscape in the Netherlands. Painted with acrylic on linen. Included a darkblue list.
Full summer
Full summer
120 x 50 cm.
Pasted painted, layer over layer with acrylic. Afield with weath en some little flowers. Special offer!
The bright side of life
The bright side of life
160x 60 cm.
Peaceful landscape, painted with acrylic on linen. The linen in an aluminium frame, see pictures. Sides also painted, no need for a frame. A wonderful size for above your couch. Offered for a lower price.
Holland - Waterland
Holland - Waterland
85 x100 cm.
Mixed techniqe with acrylic on panel. The painting in a very luxury list, see the pictures.Listed in a silvercoloured frame.
120 x 70 cm.
A calm landscape in soft orange colors with on the kim a small village and trees. Painted with acrylic and finished with varnish to keep the bright colours, sides also painted and ready to hang on your wall.
120 x 80 cm.
Very pretty memories to my journeys to South Africa. The most I remember is the not only the beautifull nature but also the lovely people I met during my trip. Such a simple life, but always with a smile.
120 x 80 cm.
The smell of lavender, very pasty painted with acrylic on linen. Colorful lavenderfield in abstracted style. You can almost smell the lavender, it remembers me on hilidays in France. Included hangwork.
Purple sunset
Purple sunset
80 x 40 cm.
Purple sunset, wood at the end with the late sun, tree in the foreground, painted with knife.
120 x 80 cm.
A landscape painted with acrylic in blue colors, Water, trees, lake, small island, perfect item for matching with your interior when you love the color blue. If you want you can see the painting in my atelier.
120 x 80 cm. Sold.
Rhapsody in blue, wonderfull landscape with small hills and on the foreground the blue staks. Painted with acrylic on linen and finished with varnish to keep the bright colors.