VR

Between 2008 and 2014, Yvonne's first series of works—abstract landscapes—were frequently exhibited and sold by Galerie De Kei in Nuenen. These abstract landscapes, in mixed media, are large and rugged.

Since 2018, Yvonne has focused on a more refined oil painting technique, featuring nostalgic, romantic, as well as retro-seventies scenes, primarily featuring the female figure. VR's work distinguishes itself in both styles, including its use of color. Never primary colors, never bright. VR's works are recognizable by a natural palette, slightly muted colors, pale pastels, and warm earth tones. The monogram VR, derived from Yvonne's surname Van Rijswijk, forms the signature on all her works.

Yvonne creates the desired scene from start to finish in her studio. She then photographs the model. VR also works with AI, creating scenes through artificial intelligence. This is purely the starting point. The final result is not fixed. VR is guided by intuition, and she paints the scenes as she envisions them.

Yvonne is self-taught. Artists who inspire her and whose work she admires are Alex Russel Flint, Jeremy Lipking, Louis Treserras, and Serge Marshennikov.

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Yvonne van Rijswijk was born in Eindhoven. Her paternal grandfather originally came from the The Hague area and was a hairdresser and pianist. In 2018, Yvonne and her partner, Maarten de Kok, moved to Central Limburg. In the former chaplaincy of Buggenum, she started a B&B and gallery featuring her own work: Galerie-to-B. Maarten is also an artist and paints cityscapes and landscapes in watercolor.

In the 1980s, she studied at MTS Sint Lucas, after which she built a career in advertising and marketing. She enjoys combining her creative side with entrepreneurship. From 2014 to 2016, she passionately organized three successful editions of the international drawing festival The Big Draw Eindhoven. After this hectic period, Yvonne and her partner decided to change course and seek out peace and nature. And they found exactly that in Buggenum – the idyllic little village on the Meuse River near Roermond.