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Art in the Gers

Paintings by Thea Brouwer

Statues by Marlis Degreef

 

Paintings by Thea Brouwer

By Arthur Weber

Introduction

Since several years I have been charmed by the way Thea Brouwer captures the Gers in her paintings. 

I first met her Easter 1998, during her exhibition in the littlie church of Huisduinen. By then our villa at Barbet wasn't even finished, but I knew we should exhibit her work some day in the future in our château.

Maybe I can convince youwith this text and the pictures of her work. Of course she would like to expose in our  château. During July 2006 she had an exhibition  in Mirande in the office of Syndicat d´initiatieve (the tourist office, Rue de l'Evêché 13). 

Please send your reactions, if any, to Arthur Weber.

 

 

 
This newspaper article (in French)  writes about Thea and her work. 

 

 

Biography

Thea Brouwer was born 4 May 1947 in Arnhem and lives alternating in the Netherlands and in the Gers. 

In the Netherlands she graduated as art teacher, after which she was a teacher for 12 years in several schools. 

After that she dedicated all her time to her own art, in water-colours, paintings and etches.

Thea's work has been in several exhibitions since 1976, in the Netherlands an abroad. Even the Dutch royal family own some of her works. 


(sold)

Something for you?

The paintingss shown in the picture are (most of them) still for sale. The price per painting varies between Euro 175 (size 24 by 30 cm) and Euro 500 (size 60 by 80 cm). If you want to buy one you can contact Thea.

 

Statues by Marlis Degreef

Currently the château host a permanent exhibition of the little statues of Marlis Degreef. Marlis is often in the Parc.

The pictures show several of the wsorks in the exhibition (copyright Jan Goedhart)

 
Balance Balanceren Benadering Consolation
Ensemble Filosoof Protection Mantel der Liefde
Masai Rotsvast Tendresse Vlucht

Marlis' activities in 2007

Because of her exposition in our  château Marlis was invited by a group of artists from the region to participate in a group that regulary expose their work in important cities nearby.

They were very impressed by her statues. 

Until now she has already received invitations for four exhibitions in  l'isle en Dodon, l'isle Jourdain, Samatan and, last but not least, a large exhibition in Colomiers.

Altogether making her very active with finishing two works-in-progress, and ialso encouraging her to find inspiration for new work. 

It will be a busy year for her: visiting children and grandchildren in Holland, working in her new apartment in Holland, participating in several exhibitions, and staying in France for seven month. No problem for ME, by the way.

Just to show what can grow out of a hobby.

She is very happy with the sales of her work, especially where it has improved her network of colleagues and friends.

More about Marlis and her work on her own website (Dutch language). 

   

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