Erna Goudbeek Wildlife Artist
ErnaGoudbeek
Wildlife Artist
Dutch wildlife artist Erna Goudbeek was born in Almelo, a town in the province of Twente in the Netherlands in April 1966. From an early age she had a passion to draw and paint but it wasn’t until 1999, whilst working as an administion clerk at the NATO-site in Vriezenveen, that her true passion for art firstly as a pastel potrait artist came to the fore. During the next few years she joins a watercolour artist group to develop her painting skills in her home town of Almelo. Managing a full time career work for NATO and in the September of 2002, Erna starts to experiment in oils and joined the ‘Peinturisten’, a group of painters in Almelo, where her brilliant, versatile teacher Mr. van den Noort, a renonwned painter, writer and inventor, who received a Royal Honours medal in 2009. Mr van den Noort upon seeing Erna’s talent, encouraged her to concentrate on her art full ime and with the continued success from the sale of her paintings, Erna decided the time was right and took the step of becoming a full time artist and left the security of her job and with her partner Brian moved to Neugnadenfeld in Germany to pursue her love of art. She has always loved city-life, but the old German village and its rich history surround her with its warmth and gives her the inspiration she needs to create her beautiful oil-paintings. “Its feels like I’ve gone back in time and finally have come home; I have settled down”, says Erna. Presently, both Erna & her partner Brian are building their own art gallery in the German village of Neugnadenfeld. For commissions or limited edition prints of her paintings, please contact: Erna Goudbeek Birger Forell Strasse 3 49824 Neugnadenfeld Germany Tel: 0049-5944-995580 E-mail: ernagoudbeek@hotmail.com www.ernagoudbeek.com
30
THE CHASE