About ‘Nut shells’ by Hilleke Scheper
Nut shells. Like all my paintings, this one comes about simply by doing. First the background: black with a touch of purple. Then the composition, and seeing what happens next. Then the shapes, followed by the colours, and seeing what happens. Carrying on... Then chance... Yes.... Adding colour. Developing it further...... this…
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My name is Hilleke Scheper. I have been living in Buitenpost in Friesland (the Netherlands) – a lovely village – for 13 years now.
Even as a child, I was often busy with pencils and coloured pencils, and painting with gouache. Around 1957, every Saturday a biologist would be on the radio who could talk so beautifully about the flora and fauna. Those stories intrigued me so much that I could often be found by the ditches, catching newts and other creatures. It was a…
