Betty Jonker (1948) picked up her brush and palette at a young age. She began her artistic career as a drawing instructor, and was the co-owner of an advertising consultancy in Emmen for twenty-five years, where she designed company logos, identity programmes and other graphics for national and international organisations. She won awards for a number of her designs. In 2001, she decided to bid farewell to the world of advertising, and once again had more time to focus on painting.

Betty enjoys experimenting with colour and composition, magnifying and stylising to produce dynamic, exciting and colourful abstractions that do not necessarily represent a specific topic, but rather emphasise the entire experience of shape and colour.

Her work is characterised by a certain stratification, the use of a bold style and extravagent use of color with the ‘threads’.
Her interpretation, combined with a deft brushstroke, creates people and vibrant impressions of abstract landscapes, flowers and animals with a playful nod to human relationships.

Betty Jonker is co-founder and member of the board of the Dutch Florence Biennale artists (dFBa)
www.dfba.nl

Gallery Comment:
Dutch artist Betty Jonker paints in a variety of styles, each with a sure and confident hand. Her work shows a background of experience with composition and color placement and she goes from style to style with equal agility.