Angelique-Mathijssen-van-den Bosch

Angelique Mathijssen gets her inspiration from encounters that create a feeling of oneness in her. Encounters where she holds her breath for a moment because it ‘makes sense’: the landscape, the people, the animals…

Her travels to the north of Norway are a great source of inspiration. Isolated from everyday life and absorbed by the mighty nature, she comes closer to herself. The spontaneous moments in the landscape, such as meeting an animal that appears from nowhere and flees from her field of vision, are the sparks of inspiration that drive her to work.

There are also special events closer to home with the people and animals around her.
Wherever Mathijssen gets her inspiration from, a part of herself can always be found in her work, sometimes literally. Her paintings: colorful, figurative and often narrative, are self-portraits that reflect what touches her…