Elly Richaerts

My painting life:

After working for 40 years in education and nearing retirement, a second life began for me in the studio.

Passion and drive

During my career in primary education, developing the creative skills of children was my passion. For my own development in painting, I took drawing and painting lessons for years in my free time at the art academy and I worked in the studios of various artists. Painting has always been a part of my life.

In between, I also engaged in portrait photography of people from cultures other than the Western culture. That hobby was and still is a driving force to travel the world.

Now that I have exchanged the classroom for a studio for several years, painting has become my greatest passion; my daily work.