Civilized Communication
Bullfinches Fine Art Cards by Paula Kuitenbrouwer, photo Thomas Kluck …***… I’ve discovered a marvellous, little book. It is named ‘The Art of the Handwritten Note, a guide to reclaiming civilized...
View ArticleAn invitation to have a look at my work…..
I invite you to have a look at my portfolio. To view the drawings-paintings, click on the names: Birds, Flowers, Butterflies, Nature, and Miscellaneous (Available for ordering) Birds: Owls, Tawny,...
View ArticleAll Things Butterfly
Clockwise, click to enlarge: 1. Two Butterfly Mugs (with succulent plants), designed by yours truly 2. An engraving of the fossil of a Prodryas persephone (1887) 3. A Ringlet, photo May 2013, The...
View ArticleA few words on my birds
A few words On my birds. I see it as my duty To show to you their beauty. Paula Peewits or Lapwings in a meadow, female sits on her nest and male stands guard. Woodpecker family. Daddy Woodpecker...
View ArticleFor Those Who Couldn’t Come to the Art Fair
Dear Readers, For all those who couldn’t attend the Art Fair, I have a few pre-packed Mindful Drawing products ready for sending. They are perfect gifts; handmade and packed in biodegradable foil. Fine...
View ArticleOne Time Offer
Click to enlarge One Time Offer 1. One bouquet vintage handmade envelope with stamps from Sverge, RSA (South Africa), and Danmark. Inside, packed in biodegradable plastic, a reproduction (14 -21 cm or...
View ArticlePersonalized Birthday Card with Favorite Birds, Flowers or Butterflies
I’ve designed a personalized birthday drawing (and cards) for my father’s 85th birthday. There is a lapwing on the left, a collard dove in the middle, and an oyster-catcher at the right. Taking care of...
View ArticleRecycle Newspapers and Fine Art Cards
DYI glossy envelopes, with vintage stamps, with my fine art cards (woodpeckers, woodcocks and pheasant feather) I’m sending out my fine art cards with vintage stamps in self-made envelopes. It is...
View ArticleHoopoe (Upupa epops)
On my easel, my Hoopoe drawing done with coloured pencils. Several summers I’ve seen hoopoes in Italy but I’ve, regrettably, never seen hoopoe chicks. My young birds are therefore inspired by bird...
View ArticleMandarin duck (Aix galericulata)
Two couples of ducks on my painting easel. A Teal couple 0n the right side, and left, a Mandarin couple. Teals are the smallest ducks of Europe. For the male Mandarin I’ve used every colour section of...
View ArticleMa, a Japanese aesthetic principle, in my three bird drawings
I’d like to show three paintings in which I have incorporated Ma, a Japanese aesthetic principle. Ma is described as ‘an interval in time and/or space’, thus referring to empty spaces, vagueness or...
View ArticleGraphite Drawing: In Praise of Plants
This is a large graphite drawing (about the size of A3) beautifully and softly rendered, titled ‘Praising Plants’. I have set up this drawing as a way to show gratitude towards (house) plants. They...
View ArticleCernunnos Inspired Stag in Ancient Worlds
The oldest (Celtic) god is Cernunnos, depicted with the antlers of a stag, seated cross-legged, associated with animals, and holding or wearing a torc (is a large rigid or stiff neck ring in metal,...
View ArticleForest Scene: Mandarin Ducks Resting on a River Bank
The mandarin ducks (Aix galericulata) have carefully chosen a place to rest. They seems to blend in with the dark background, thus if necessary, they will respond quickly by taking to the waters and...
View ArticleMandarin Ducks
Colourful mandarin duck watercolour paintings have been added to my Etsy shop. As well as a mandarin duck textile print functioning as a freehand embroidery pattern. The large composition consisting...
View ArticleTrellis ‘Ode to William Morris’
Finding William Morris in Nature One day I was admiring our local herbal garden and found myself in William Morris’ Trellis wallpaper design. To celebrate this moment of seeing artwork by the most...
View ArticleOrder your Mandarin Duck Art Card (frame-able)
Framed in a glass frame. Mandarin ducks by Paula Kuitenbrouwer Double folded art card with larger print on the inside for framing. Mandarin ducks by Paula Kuitenbrouwer Mandarin ducks by Paula...
View ArticleLichen and Midwinter Angels’ Wings
Sybille Tezzele, artist in Süd-Tirol, feels inspired by closely observing lichen on her daily walks through her local woodlands. Paula Kuitenbrouwer, artist in Utrecht (NL), thought that her angels’...
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