Bas Nijenhuis

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MEAM Mod Portrait Book

My painting was selected for this nice book, with a lot of contemporary portrait art: View this post on Instagram A post shared by 𝙱𝚊𝚜 𝙽𝚒𝚓𝚎𝚗𝚑𝚞𝚒𝚜 𝚏𝚒𝚗𝚎 𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚜 (@basnijenhuis_fine_arts)

May 14, 2021

She returned! The girl without the pearl earring

After more then one year, going to several venues in England and Scotland. The ‘Girl without pearl earring’ has returned safely. The painting was exhibited as part of the BP Portrait award 2019 in the National Portrait Gallery London and Edinburg. It was a very nice experience to be part of. Thanks to the great model @Faredajohnson, who stated her complexion is ‘the lightest ...

September 7, 2020

Newsletter special: portraiture

Last month I made a special newsletter about making and acquiring a portrait. You can read is here:

September 7, 2020

Interview in Dutch local magazine ‘Kop de Veur’ by Anneke Oele, art historian

I had a nice talk with Anneke Oele in my atelier. About the works I made and several other things. It is a sort of introduction or compact showcase of artist working in this region in the city of Groningen. I am lucky working in an old building from about 1905. You may read it here -if you can read Dutch that is- Bas

September 7, 2020

Newsletter time, March edition

expo: Blue at gallery Paterswolde expo: Groninger Notities at gallery Ruigewaert (Corsican Pig can be seen there) Link to interview Artmoire Read it online here!

March 11, 2020

Interview and Feature AR[T]MOIRE

Click on the picture or link below for the full text. Our next guest (born 1976) is a professional artist living in Groningen, the Netherlands. He creates figurative art, mostly oil paintings. Before this, he studied and worked as a psychologist. Bas’ art allows us to give free rein to our own imagination. His art is capable of enveloping us in a world between what is and what is not. ...

February 21, 2020