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

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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.
  • Common Kestrels with Nest (Falco tinnunculus). Available as A4 reproduction and A5 fine art cards. Click here and here for a preview.

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”.

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New drawings and paintings are regularly uploaded

Paula

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Motherhood by Kuytenbrouwer

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Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer (1777-1850) was a Dutch soldier and painter of  animals and landscapes. His first exhibition was held in 1813 in Amsterdam followed by more successful exhibitions. Horses played a major role in his work as a painter, most likely because as an officer he dealt with horses daily.

Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer was a member of the Utrecht Society of Arts and Sciences and the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Amsterdam. He married Johanna Sophia Gijsberta Kolff in 1798. Their son M. A. Kuytenbrouwer Jr. (1821 -1897) became a painter too.

A total of 24 works are known by Kuytenbrouwer Sr. Above is shown the undated Motherhood.

As one can expect in a painting by Kuytenbrouwer Sr., the horse, with its foal, takes center stage. The mother horse is suckling her young. The cows seem to be the only mothers in the painting without babies. The small flock of sheep has two lambs and the shepherd family has a big, healthy looking baby contently drinking too. I see an orange little thing next to the shepherd mother that can either be a robin or a flower.

The manor house in the back is unknown to me and I wonder what the 11 trees mean. The tree most to the left looks the oldest, while the trees to the right seem to be younger and skinnier. This seems a perfect natural representation. If the trees should symbolize something, could it then be that the 11 trees represent members on one family? It wasn’t uncommon at Kuytenbrouwer’s time to have large families. Maybe the age and number of the trees also represent Motherhood: the oldest and thickest tree is the mother of all the young ones that are grouped a bit further away, closer to the light and open field.

I love paintings and art with breastfeeding mothers. When a mother sits down to breastfeed her hungry baby, a peaceful and relaxed moment is guaranteed. The father shepherd snuggles up closely to his wife and baby, and enjoys the scene.

The mother horse keeps an eye on the painter as if to say: ‘You are allowed to watch and paint, but don’t disturb us; a happy baby means a happy family’.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer

p.s. Readers ask if I’m related to M.A. Kuytenbrouwer. M.A. Kuytenbrouwer is my father’s family but of a distant branch of the Kuytenbrouwer-family tree and -of course- a few generations back. The name Kuytenbrouwer changed through the generations from Coytenbrover to Kuytenbrouwer to Kuitenbrouwer. There are now Kuytenbrouwers and Kuitenbrouwers. The family of Kuitenbrouwer (with y and i) can be traced back to the 15th century in the east of the Netherlands.

Motherhood by M.A. Kuytenbrouwer postcards are available here

More on M.A. Kuytenbrouwer Sr. and Jr. here, here and here.

Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer (1821-1897)

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‘Deer in Forest’ water paint by M. A. Kuytenbrouwer circa 1845 and his ‘Falconry near Fontainebleau‘

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Lets walk with M.A. Kuytenbrouwer through the forest. It is like magic, this quiet walk. We spot deer resting in a small clearing in the woods. Suddenly they spot us. For a moment they and we are mesmerized, then they run away. While we feel sorry for interrupting their peace, all we see is their short, white tail disappearing in the thicket.

We keep on walking and at a wild quarry we see nobles with their trained falcons. The persons are busy training their birds of prey to catch rabbits. We sit down at the lake for a rest and we look at how the falcons fly. One sits down on the high bare branches of the big oak tree. It takes the noblemen a long time before it flies down for a piece of meat.

Both water paintings of Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer show big trees right in the centre of the paintings. That is daring but Kuytenbrouwer knows how to suggest large spaces in which the falcons fly and the deer rest even with large trees in the centre of his paintings. There are young branches on the old trees that show new life, while some dead branches show us time and lives are passing.

Look at the clouds drifting in the place where the falconry takes place. Will it rain soon? The deer are resting and probably even a bit basking in some late evening light. Both water paints are full details and have beautiful colour palettes. The skilful painting of different textures of stone, fur, wood, leaves, water and soil make the scene’s come to life.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer

 

Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer (1821-1897)

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Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer, Sheep in Meadow

M. A. Kuytenbrouwer (1821-1897) An afternoon promenade in the woods

M. A. Kuytenbrouwer, 1821-1897, Falconry near Fontainebleau

M. A. Kuytenbrouwer, Cliff in the Ardennes

Sometimes I come across paintings by Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer on the internet.

I wish I could buy them all and start a small collection of Kuytenbrouwers.

Paula Kuitenbrouwer

M.A. Kuytenbrouwer Sr. and Jr.

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Landscape with Grazing Cattle and a Farmer,  M.A. Kuytenbrouwer

Anthony Martin Sr. Kuytenbrouwer (1777-1850) was a Dutch painter. His career in the military started at the age of 16. In his spare time he painted. In 1813 his first exhibition was held in Amsterdam. His themes were mainly landscapes, cattle and horses. Horses played a big role in his work. This isn’t surprising since, as an officer, he dealt daily with horses. Kuytenbrouwer was probably influenced by the Dutch realist landscape and animal paintings of the seventeenth century. A total of 24 works by him are known.

His son, Martin A. Kuytenbrouwer Jr. 1821-1897 was a painter too.

Deer in Forest, M.A. Kuytenbrouwer 1845

Both paintings are calm scene’s.

The farmer looks content while his cattle is enjoying the shade near the trees. Three cows and three sheep. It is picture from old times when farmers held life stock for their families. A far cry from the modern, large cattle barns in which cows live never to taste any meadow pleasures.

Deer are resting in a small clearing in the woods. This painting feels as if you are making a magic, quiet walk. All of the sudden you spot them. For a moment you and they are mesmerized. Forget your binoculars; they are running away already. While you feel sorry for interrupting their peace, all you see is their short, white tail disappearing in the thicket.

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

Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer the younger (1821–1897)

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Martinus Antonius Kuytenbrouwer the younger (1821–1897)

Do you see how relaxed the scene is? How the young white sheep in the front is still following her mum? How the sheep dog is communicating with the shepherd? Can you smell the grass and see the Dutch church in the background? Do you see the last bit of sun breaking through the heavy clouds and lighting up the green meadow behind the flock of sheep?

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