{"id":1572,"date":"2020-06-03T13:06:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T11:06:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/eng-biografie\/"},"modified":"2025-12-30T12:23:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-30T11:23:20","slug":"biography","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/en\/biography\/","title":{"rendered":"Biography"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1572\" class=\"elementor elementor-1572 elementor-80\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e479319 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e479319\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-22e02b9a\" data-id=\"22e02b9a\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aeeec2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aeeec2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-inner-section elementor-element elementor-element-2498557f elementor-section-content-middle elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2498557f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-wide\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-6915efb0\" data-id=\"6915efb0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff2ac7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"31ff2ac7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/elementor\/thumbs\/Foto-Hesther--rfp9auqp90bw5wlkqs2v4zura49vrl2suhcop68v3w.jpeg\" title=\"Portret fotosessie Hesther\" alt=\"Portret fotosessie Hesther\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-766a4c1c\" data-id=\"766a4c1c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fd54b3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fd54b3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hesther van Doornum BA (1973) | Independent Contemporary Artist | Member of the BKKC ( Brabant Knowledge Centre for Art &amp; Culture) | Member of the NABK (National Association of Expressive Artists | Member of Pictoright | Her work is included in both business and private collections around the world. <\/p><p>Hesther studied Fine Art in Education at the Amsterdam University of Arts, NL | Concept &amp; Product-Styling at the Artemis Styling Academy, Amsterdam, NL | Cultural Management at Art &amp; Co, Amsterdam, NL. <br><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/CV-Hesther-van-Doornum-INT-2025.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Curriculum Vitae (CV) Hesther van Doornum \u2013 INT-2025<\/a><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec880ca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"ec880ca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Women on canvas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a255fe7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a255fe7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cI am a woman who paints women. For me, my work is finished once I have encapsulated the essence of the woman; when I capture a moment in time, a layering of emotions, to make it count forever. To stimulate the viewer's thoughts: what is she thinking about? What is it that I recognise? Do my own facial expressions show what I truly feel? To strike a certain look, an emotion: in it you find the beauty of genuineness and individuality.\u201d<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-649809a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"649809a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3353e4b\" data-id=\"3353e4b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec3d147 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"ec3d147\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4804a89 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4804a89\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">My art, my inspiration<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-458061e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"458061e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>No one recognises the female expressions of mind better than a woman herself. The impressions I capture are the emotions I have experienced myself. From childhood I was intuitively intrigued by how people\u2019s facial expressions could reveal their mood and feelings, the tone in which someone \u2018looks\u2019 and later in life I was able to depict all these emotional nuances on a canvas.  <span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>A woman being herself is beautiful! The strong physical sensations caused by emotions are numerous and have so much influence on your physical appearance. Think for example of a teenager\u2019s infatuation and heartbreak, endearment, sensual sensation, determination, love, emotion, despair, happiness, pride. And that is exactly why I never get bored and will never be done painting: what happens beneath her skin, beneath the surface, beneath the layers\u2026? And what effect does that have on her facial expression? Recognising these moods in women\u2019s faces never ceases to amaze and inspires me. I<a href=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/en\/on-commission\/commission-process\/\"> have to work on a painting, both in the paint and in the emotions, they reinforce each other\u2026.<\/a>      <\/p>\n<p>Everyone lives in their own physical, emotional, and social reality. These emotional cues are, of course, not objective, and the emotional nuances are countless. Because of the transparency of my characters, the imprimatur (the background) is the foundation of the painting, and therefore crucial to the atmosphere, just as in real life, where your frame of reference, your own background, is inextricably linked to you. In the places where the final paint is thinly applied to the canvas, you can always see it peeking through; symbolic of the inability and inability to name what you intuitively sense. That&#8217;s what makes it so beautiful and interesting for me as an artist to experience that every viewer of my paintings experiences the atmosphere and emotion in their own way.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4567703 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4567703\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From childhood on<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f2d305a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f2d305a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>From a very young age, I&#8217;ve been creative in many ways. I was fortunate that these creative talents were discovered and encouraged throughout my childhood by my parents and teachers. I chose a teacher training program that offered a wide variety of subjects, such as planographic printing, photography, handicrafts, textiles, drawing, painting, art history, and adolescent psychology. This allowed me to learn many techniques and work with a wide variety of materials. This gave me ample opportunity to develop my own techniques and working methods.    <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-797d3cc elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"797d3cc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The soul of material and medium<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bed18b8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bed18b8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During my studies at the University of the Arts, I discovered my ideal form of creative expression: painting. Since then, I&#8217;ve developed my own unique approach to combining techniques and materials, exploring the tension between figuration and abstraction, allowing me to constantly challenge myself. <\/p><p>The canvas, the material, and the subject are equally important to me: together, they form the foundation of every new creation. <a href=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/en\/biography\/materials\/\">My painting<\/a> process is a layered interplay of building up and breaking down, where paint is applied, scraped away, and rebuilt. This gives the surface of my paintings a unique texture with relief and depth. <\/p><p>During my art academy years, I primarily worked with oil paint, a medium that offers endless possibilities for mixing colors and allowing ideas to mature. It felt like a safe haven where I could work with perfectionism.  <\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/en\/acrylic-vs-oil\/\">Acrylic paint <\/a>demands speed, precision, and intuition. Each layer adds dynamism and intensity, while the fast drying time forces me to make direct choices and injects a fresh energy into my work. Moreover, acrylic paint is more sustainable: it doesn&#8217;t require chemical solvents and makes my work more environmentally friendly and healthy.  <\/p><p>This choice reflects my pursuit of art that is not only intriguing but also conscious and in harmony with the world. My paintings, composed of vibrant layers and bold colors, tell stories that keep moving\u2014just like the process by which they are created.  <br><br>Read more about this in my blog post <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/en\/acrylic-vs-oil\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Acrylic Paint: Exciting, Dynamic and More Sustainable<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bf9bb96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bf9bb96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the very first encounter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c0a3c8e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c0a3c8e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The expressive use of color, composition, and clearly visible strokes make the paintings a symbiosis of reason, feeling, sensuality, and symbolism. The work connects with the viewer from the very first encounter. TEST 123  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-406439e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"406439e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2ad214\" data-id=\"e2ad214\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a4ea619 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"a4ea619\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Exositie-Scope-Miami-Beach-2015-300x156.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4795be1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4795be1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Scope Miami, Miami, USA<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-inner-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e270d3\" data-id=\"5e270d3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3d1066b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3d1066b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Expositie-Red-Dot-Artfair-1024x683.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1576\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Expositie-Red-Dot-Artfair-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Expositie-Red-Dot-Artfair-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Expositie-Red-Dot-Artfair-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/hesthervandoornum.nl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Expositie-Red-Dot-Artfair.jpeg 1280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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