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An invitation to have a look at my work…..

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Birdcards

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, Strix aluco. Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size)
  • Dove, Eurasian Collared Dove, Streptopelia decaocto. Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size)
  • Woodcocks, Scolopax rusticola, Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size), small stickers, Business card, Small Gift Card.
  • Woodpeckers, Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size).
  • Song Thrush, Turdus philomelos. Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size)
  • Lapwings (Peewits), Vanellus vanellus. Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size)
  • Golden Orioles, Oriolus oriolus. Available as Fine Art Cards, Reproduction (A4-size)
  • Kingfisher, Alcedo azurea. Available as Fine Art Cards, Small stickers, Business card, Small Gift Card.
  • Bullfinches, Pyrrhula pyrrhula. Available as a Fine Art Cards.
  • European-goldfinch, Carduelis carduelis. Available as a Fine Art Card.

Flowers/Botanical:

Butterflies:

Fish:

Fruit and Vegetables:

Miscellaneous:

  • Pheasant Feather. Available as Fine Art Cards.
  • Acorn, Available as Fine Art Cards.
  • Tote Bags, 100% cotton, with butterflies, an Orange Lily, Woodpeckers, or a Kingfisher. Contact me for prices at mindfuldrawing@gmail.com

Here is the price list:

Price list 2013

Tulip Cards

And here are recommendations and reviews:

“Lovely item and a very helpful seller – many thanks!”

“Shipment was very fast and the product was very high quality. Thank you – I’m very pleased”

“What GORGEOUS ARTWORK you do! I always wished I was more artistic, I love to draw but only have limited talent in that way. I love you depictions of nature, just beautiful! Thank you for sharing that”.

“Hi Paula, I love your drawings and looking at them I can really feel the quiet moments and simple pleasures we can get from nature. Very calming, indeed! Many thanks”.

“You are a wonderfully talented artist Paula with a beautiful technique for making tender images that warm my heart to look at. Thank you”

“Paula, like you I love nature but you have an amazing capacity to capture nature at it’s best with your wonderful drawings. My best wishes for your continued success – people will fall in love with your wonderful talent”.

“The detail shown in the drawing of the Tawny Owl is amazing. This is another amazing piece from your Collection. Warm regards”

“Paula, I loved your nature arts. I do like stumbling upon feathers once in a while and collect them for their beauty. They seem like magical gifts from nature”.

Questions and orders? Contact: mindfuldrawing@gmail.com

New drawings and paintings are regularly uploaded

Paula

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Beautiful Pictures

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Mindful Drawing

Golden Oriole A5 Fine Art Card, Pheasant Feather A5 Fine Art Card, Honeysuckle, Dutch Tulips and Woodcock A5 Fine Art Cards, A6 Koi Fish with Lotus Flower Fine Art Card. All cards by Paula Kuitenbrouwer. Paper Floral Bouquet.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer

Paula Kuitenbrouwer sells exquisite fine art cards of her drawings as well as reproductions, and of some drawings smaller business-, gift- or mummy-cards. See Purchase in the header for what is available as well as the price list. In case you like to commission Paula, contact her at mindfuldrawing@gmail.com

Silent Koi Fish and Dragon Fly

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Koi Fish with Dragon Fly, coloured pencils on gesso board, copyright Paula Kuitenbrouwer, photo Thomas Kluck

A Silent Water World

There are animals that don’t possess vocalizations, or at least they do not make sound to us. They might well be able to communicate with sound that is below or above our range of hearing. Nevertheless, it is probably safe to say fish and dragon flies do not make sound. On the drawing above they just look at each other. It is a silent water world.

Paula

Paula Kuitenbrouwer sells exquisite fine art cards of her drawings as well as reproductions, and of some drawings smaller business-, gift- or mummy-cards. See Purchase in the header for what is available as well as the price list. In case you like to commission Paula, contact her at mindfuldrawing@gmail.com

 

Koi Fish Fine Art Cards

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Koi Series, copyright Paula Kuitenbrouwer, Photo Thomas Kluck

For a close up of this drawing, click here.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer sells exquisite fine art cards of her drawings as well as reproductions, and of some drawings smaller business-, gift- or mummy-cards. See Purchase in the header for what is available as well as the price list. In case you like to commission Paula, contact her at mindfuldrawing@gmail.com

Mesmerizing Koi

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Koi Series, Coloured Pencils on Gesso Board, Copyright Paula Kuitenbrouwer

Photo Thomas Kluck

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Why are Koi so mesmerizing? Why are people willing to pay thousands of Euro’s for a pretty ‘Asagi’, a blue Koi? I know now. Recently I sat next to a large pond with koi with beautiful colours and patterns. I looked at them for some time. I got mesmerized. Mindfully I asked myself why I was I so intensely enjoying sitting next to this pond and looking at the slow and gently moving  fish? Suddenly I understood.

The pond with Koi had become my thinking. Each koi fish represented one thought, a thought that lighted up against the dark, deep pond. Thoughts, like fish, swam in and out of my mind. The more the fish got used to me and I to them, the slower they appeared and disappeared. My whole thinking process became more like a flow; it slowed down and became less demanding. I’d let my thoughts come and go while I was aware of their coming and going. Sitting by the pond and looking at the colourful, smooth swimming fish became a meditation.

Has this meditation helped me to understand the obsession with koi carp and the willingness to spend a monthly salary on a beautiful Asagi? Yes, I do understand now, but that doesn’t mean I became so obsessed because that is a choice. However, I decided to draw a Koi-series to capture the meditation experience. Every time I look at my drawing, I like to feel that meditation again. And I hope others feel it too while looking at my drawing.

Paula

Paula Kuitenbrouwer sells exquisite fine art cards of her drawings as well as reproductions, and of some drawings smaller business-, gift- or mummy-cards. See Purchase in the header for what is available as well as the price list. In case you like to commission Paula, contact her at mindfuldrawing@gmail.com