Eleonor Maiden is a self taught artist. Followed a course at the DARA (Dutch Atelier of Realist Art). Born in the Netherlands with Filipino roots. She has always been very artistic in different ways. She started to paint when she...
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Eleonor Maiden is a self taught artist. Followed a course at the DARA (Dutch Atelier of Realist Art). Born in the Netherlands with Filipino roots. She has always
been very artistic in different ways. She started to paint when she was
at an age of seven as far as she can remember. Her father taught her how
to draw a horse and her mother taught her how to draw a dress.
Designing clothing was where her love for creativity and art started.
But
unfortunately her parents wanted her to choose a study that provided in
having a job with a stable income. She followed into the footsteps of
her father, IT. During her study she went for a semester to the
Philippines to experience the culture of her parents.
While
she was in the Philippines she was often making sketches of a human
body shape. After going back to the Netherlands she
finished her study. After that, and in a nutshell, she worked
for several large IT companies as a developer, got married and gave
birth to 3 beautiful kids. After a relationship of 8 years and being
married for 4 years she got into a divorce. During the process of her
divorce she started to paint. At this point, she realized that this is
something she loves to do.
Eleonor Maiden is inspired by real life stories, visualized by human shapes - in an abstract way. Using high quality oil paint.