This is our portfolio,

mainly to show you what we did in life. Amongst others.
Now we are going to take it easy.
We will visit our musical friends, musea and cities a lot more...

but do contact us when you have an interesting idea or commission.

 

Helen and Jille both obtained their degrees from the northern academy of the arts Minerva in Groningen in 1978. Minerva is renowned for its classical and figurative tradition. Many skilled artists took their first artistic steps there.

Their skills grew over the years as they showed many realistic paintings,  made work on commission, taught and sat on art committees. This all culminated in a small business in which they design and produce murals. 

Their speciality is producing work in the ‘trompe l’oeil’ or ‘deceiving the eye’ tradition. The murals are first composed by hand and later with an Apple computer. The design is conceived according to the wishes of their clients, making dreams come true, so to speak. Helen and Jille are not offended when asked to copy an existing grand design. In our modern day tradition of ‘originality’, serial and process art and enormous egos, this is often looked down on. But Helen and Jille are proud to turn out good work. 

This site shows some anamorphous work (a sideways but deceptively deep and impressive perspective) and quadratura (prolonging and making use of the architecture present).These days allthough they love to start with pencil or ballpoint, photoshop and sketch up are in practice in order to make a 3 D illusion.

Helen and Jille produce relatively quickly and neatly large works. The size can vary from 1m2 to 25m2. They are working members of Pulchri Studio and HKK.

These skilled artists have worked for several city councils – The Hague, Rotterdam, Apeldoorn. They also took on companies such as Exxon, Gall&Gall, Rietschoten and Houwens, Amro bank. They have had a lot of press coverage in newspapers and journals. The Dutch National collection owns their artwork as do many private collectors.

 

Name: van der Veen Rijntjes, Helen Eleonore Maria 

D.O.B.:  June 1955 Roermond, The Netherlands.

Address: Binnendoor 19, 2512 XX The Hague, NL. 

 www.helenenjille.nl  herijn25@gmail.com

 

Education: 

1973 Havo Grotius Lyceum Delft and Prof. van de Leeuw Groningen

1974-1975 Groningen: Ubbo Emmius, English and Art - section teaching,

1975-1980 Groningen: University - Applied science Minerva free Art

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My Artwork, my genre could be described as an orchestrated (sunny, uplifting) realism, depicting landscapes, cities, dogs and birds. With my partner we have produced large murals: trompe l’oeil/visual deceptions & quadratura - commissioned by munic

CV JILLE van der VEEN

geboren 07-12-1950 te Donderen Drenthe. Heden residerend te Den Haag.

 

1972-1977 Academie Minerva Groningen, afdeling tekenen en schilderen. 

Sindsdien gevestigd als zelfstandig Beeldend kunstenaar/ ZZP-er.

1977 -1986 11 Jaar exposities in de 3 noordelijke provincies, media publicaties Nieuwsblad van het Noorden en Autovisie, en commissielid van de BKR.

1986-1992  In opdracht gemaakt schilderijen, artists impressions en illustraties voor o.a. de gemeente Groningen, gemeente Veendam, Spar NL, Mia Beton  Beers Scania, adviesbureau Beke Arnhem, Brinkgroep Architecten, Hienkens Architectenbureau en voor de collectie Berghuis in het Drents Museum  Assen .

1992-2024 Opdrachten voor wandschilderingen samen met echtgenote Helen ; voor o.a, Rotterdam, Enschede, Apeldoorn, NS hoofdstation Arnhem, Geste BV Den Haag, FNV Horecabond Almere, Parnassia Den Haag, Historische Vereniging ‘Delfia Batavorum’ Delft en Exxon Chemical/Botlek, gemeenten Den Haag - Kunstmuseum en openbare ruimte-transformatorhuisjes3D , maar vooral voor particulieren uit gemeentelijk dan wel landelijke bestuur.

 

1989 -1991Stichting Kunstcad Den Haag en operator Commodore Utrecht

1990 vakbekwaamheid verklaring grafische computers verkregen van de 

         Inspectie Kunstzinnige en Audiovisuele Vorming.

1990-1995 gewerkt voor de ‘Stichting Vakantie en Handicap’ als Kunstgids

1993/94  Dalton Scholengemeenschap Den Haag Leraar Tekenen.

2003-2006 Werkend lid van ‘de Haagse Kunstkring”

2004- Werkend lid van ‘Pulchri Studio’

2007-2008 Lid en columnist van het Haags Journalisten Forum, ook

           Actief als zanger van het accordeon duo ‘Janus en Nelis’ en de Western 

         band  Thunderkid, later ‘Plain Vanilla’ op de Pasar Malam Besar.

2008-2013voorzitter sociëteitscommissie Pulchri studio

2009-2013Bestuurslid Pulchri Studio 

2009 Marcello’s Art Factory DenHaag ; workshops bij Haagse bluf en Siemens 

2009-2016 Marcello’s Art Factory Docent  tekenen &schilderen

2009 -2010 St. Zebra Den Haag onderwijzer techniek/computertekenen 

2010-2023 Klassieke Academie Groningen docent perspectief schilderen.

2024-2025 >>..Diverse online illustraties, muziekoptredens & openingsspreker       

              in galeries in de Randstad en Presentator op de Rocktour te Den Haag.

ipalities, companies and private clients (businessmen and politicians). 

My work is represented in many collections: ABN/AMRO head office Amsterdam, NL State collection, Municipal collections, Art libraries and private collections and online widewalls in London.

 

Activities and exhibitions:

2023   Commissions - creating a ‘Busy Birds’ birthday calendar 

2021-2023 HKK volunteer in the gallery and designing the stairway 

2021 100 years Nature AVN jubilee HKK/The Hague Artists Circle 

2019  CORONA … however I received requests for bespoke paintings of birds (realistic  adornments over doorways, shelves, wherever birds tend to alight); commissions in Randstad; and on panel (by post) to Groningen, Limburg and England.

2019-2023  Employed as City Guide in The Hague

2018 4 months online/attended TEFL (English Teaching qualification) course in Utrecht; teaching English to Spaniards in Alberca, west of Madrid

2016-2017 HKK Art Route Denneweg

2015  3 times in Pulchri Studio, Den Haag Artists’ Association since1848; with cartonage artist Cees van Rutten,Rainer Bullhorst’s Architect collection and “members choice”

2014 SER NL, the Social Economic Council Headquarters 

2008-2012 Chamber of Commerce, Delft 

2006-2012 Member of the Chamber of Commerce Board for Greater The Hague, representative for retail and FNV union, section for self-employed

2006-2008 Organizer art-dining HKK The Hague Art Club since 1863.

1990-2002 Board member PANDER building “Communal Living Pander”   inspection, colouring 

2006-2008 & maintenance; realisation of solar panelling.

1980-1992 BKR; prof artists regulation NL and exhibitions in Groningen and Haarlem.