Heather is a term for vegetation mainly consisting of dwarf shrubs in the Savior and Kraaiheifamilie. Heath comes in a limited number of countries. Except in the Netherlands and Flanders in the coastal belt of Western Europe, Britain and Ireland. It is a typical vegetation that feels at home in areas where there is a maritime climate with high humidity and not too hot summers and no harsh winters.
The natural distribution of heath vegetation consists of decalcified sections of the (dunes) (especially in the Northern Netherlands), mountains above the tree line and the edges of bogs. The heath in the interior, a landscape caused by removal of nutrients by grazing and afplaggen of sandy gronden.Uit pollen research shows that always occurred heath vegetation in the interior, but the vast treeless moors and sand drifts caused by stepping on the sheep industry during the Middle Ages.
My name is Lida Bruinen, I was born in 1962. After years of drawing mandalas with colored pencil I was ready for more intense materials. In the past I worked with watercolors, but now I mainly choose to paint with acrylics, often in combination with collage. However,.. Read more…