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Cecile van Woensel
Bio
Cécile van Woensel was born in the Netherlands and always
had a great interest in nature and art. After she completed
her studies in Fine Arts and Molecular Biology, she worked
as a teacher in fine arts and had her own company in murals
and paintings. Since her art study, she took full advantage
of her Biology background. Drawing was an excellent way to
study the morphological structures which were found in nature.
While creating art, she could add a more subjective and personal
vision, which was not allowed in science.For Cecile moving
to Nanaimo in the summer of 2008 was like a dream come true.
Living so close to forests and ocean inspired her to make
more art than she ever did before. The willowtrees were an
important source of inspiration in her work in Holland. Here,
in Canada, she continued the tree theme using the rainforest
and shoreline instead, which offers her great opportunities
to be inspired by other living beings.
In the Netherlands her work was exhibited several times
in galleries, institutions and visitor’s centres of natural
parks. In Canada she participated in an integrated art project
and she won the first prize at a painting contest.
Artist’s Statement:
'On canvas or paper, it is an adventure to capture my
perception. Observing is not only by the eyes of the beholder,
it goes further. When I am inspired by something, for instance
a tree, I want to feel with my hands the bark with it’s
mosses, cracks and gaps. I want to take part in the magic
world of the trees which I do not know. For me, drawing
and painting are my methods to explore a little bit of
this gigantic mystery and to make this visible in my artwork
for other people.'
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