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Inspiration for art

Have you ever considered how special it is that we can read? Text is nothing but a series of characters in a row, to which we have assigned meanings. We can experience a whole range of feelings and emotions just by looking at those signs.

From an early age, artist Elise Eekhout has been fascinated by letters. When Elise looks at letters, she sees beautifully designed figures. What she finds so fascinating is that we don’t or hardly don’t see those figures anymore, once we can read. You are immediately transported to the world behind the letters.

Based on this fascination, Eekhout wants to show how text and image intertwine in her head. How they enter into a symbiosis with each other. She does this by making paintings in which she interweaves image and text. She uses gold leaf and silver leaf that reflect the light in a different way each time you walk by. This brings the painting to life and makes it look different every time you look at it.

Professional artist

Elise Eekhout is a graphic designer from origin. She started her own graphic design company during her studies at St. Joost Art School (Breda, The Netherlands). Here too, her fascination for letters and the combination of text and image played a major role. But now she wants to create work that is much closer to herself. That is why Eekhout is working as a professional arist since 2020. Both the Scryption Museum (Tilburg) and the Meermanno Museum (The Hague) showed her work. In 2021 her work was shown at a number of exhibitions in India. 

International artist

During the corona time, everything went digital, including the presentation of art. An art curator from India saw her art on Instagram and was captivated by it. As a result, Elise made a stunning breakthrough only a year after the start of her art career. She had various exhibitions in India. Soon after, she caught the attention of Singulart, a leading online gallery based in Paris. December 2021, she inspired a composer and pianist to compose an original piece of music.

Her work is now not only for sale at various renowned online galleries, but also at ArtFusion in Amsterdam. Her work is also regularly exhibited. Do you want to stay informed? Then sign up for the newsletter.

Paintings

Do you want to experience Elise’s paintings in real life? You are most welcome in her art studio or at one of her exhibitions. You can also buy an artwork of her in the online shop or at one of the established online and online galleries. 

Inspiratie voor kunst

Heb je er wel eens bij stilgestaan hoe bijzonder het is dat we kunnen lezen? Tekst is niets anders dan een reeks tekens op een rij, waar we betekenissen aan hebben toegekend. We kunnen een hele reeks gevoelens en emoties ervaren, gewoon door naar die tekens te kijken.

Als van jongs af aan is kunstenaar Elise Eekhout gefascineerd geweest door letters. Als Elise kijkt naar letters, dan ziet ze prachtig vormgegeven figuurtjes. Wat ze zo fascinerend vindt, is dat we die figuurtjes niet of nauwelijks meer zien als we eenmaal kunnen lezen. Je wordt direct meegevoerd naar de wereld achter de letters.