Mirjam Verbeek Art

During my study at the Rietveld Academy I became also profesional rock climber. I did World Competitions and was breaking records for Dutch climbinglevels. After graduating the Art Academy in Amsterdam, I traveled a lot to all kinds of climbing areas in the world. I became a professional climbingguide  and was 7 times in a row Dutch Climbing Champion.
In Amsterdam I had my art studio, in nature I found the beauty, the colours, its power and also (because of my climbingambition) the challenge and danger... The raw and beautiful landscapes were a constant source of inspiration. My canvasses are a translation of what I feel for Mother Earth.
I never catch the landscape on a technical, cognitive way. It's more an intuitive, open state of mind. To let the paint speak for itself. It's how I climb in an unknown rock formation. I try to read the structure and follow where it takes me.

So my life is a mixture of culture in the city and being in nature.
Therefor I have two adresses, in France and in the Netherlands, to work and live.

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