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<\/a>“Being educated in Art school (Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, illustration and graphic) I learned to observe and I learned to use all kind of graphic techniques. In fact everything about colour I taught myself then. It turned out I was good in observing and drawing, but my soul longed for something different. So it was a good thing I learned to know anthroposophy when I was around 30 years old. Now I could explore the world of colours in a different way! It felt like coming home, in several ways, also with the religious part of me. That\u2019s why I decided at 37 to become an art-therapist. I followed this anthroposophical study and have worked with it for more than 20 years. Mainly to offer many people to develop an acquaintance with colours, and with the inner world and nature.<\/em><\/p>\nReading and studying I did a lot but I am not an intellectual person. I think I have kept my childlike ability to wonder. Knowledge of the head is o.k. but as soon as I\u2019m working, especially since I\u2019m retired now from my teaching\/therapeutic work, I turn into a playing person. I have discovered that suits me best.<\/em><\/p>\n I learned veil painting and I have to say, although technically I\u2019m able to it, and I admire and love to see it, for me personally it\u2019s too etheric. My teacher Elizabeth de Bruyne (from the Collot d\u2019Herbois stream, I followed lessons with her after the therapeutic art study) recognized that and she advised me to follow my heart. And I follow my hands, who love \u201cMother Earth\u201d, I have to dig in the \u201cprima materia\u201d; so I use all kinds of matter: sand, clay, stones, metals, pigments\u2026..and let the light shine through it, through the density and the darkness. To me it feels like alchemy (by the way, I study that too).<\/em><\/p>\n My last work is getting lighter, less material. I grow more towards veil painting now\u2026\u2026<\/em> All these interests make my work versatile. I can\u2019t help that. (It does not sell very well when you are like that, but that\u2019s o.k. now). I was lucky to have the privilege to explore different styles, ways of approaching. The constant factor in my work is my longing to connect heaven and earth so to speak, for development of self.<\/em> Unfortunately, she passed away on 19 September 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A bit of Janneke’s own biography “Being educated in Art school (Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam, illustration and graphic) I learned to observe and I learned to use all kind of graphic techniques. In fact everything about colour I taught myself then. It turned out I was good in observing and drawing, but my soul longed for …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-81","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","post","without-featured-image"],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/Paknua-1j","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=81"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3575,"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/81\/revisions\/3575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atelierdetoekomst.nl\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=81"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nI am fascinated with the art of indigenous cultures, as there\u2019s always the connection with the spiritual world. It feels like here in West-Europe we are kind of caught in the flesh.<\/em><\/p>\n
\nEvery now and then I make a portrait. It\u2019s great to meet other souls. This is different from my free work. It\u2019s observing AND feeling. I also lately offered a course about The human appearance. We\u2019ll see how much energy (will) I have for that in the coming years.<\/em>
\nThere\u2019s so much to discover yet! I hope to get very old\u2026\u2026”<\/em><\/p>\n