Richard Doest

Richard Doest

by | Jan 4, 2021

Richard Doest (1942), a native Curaçaoan with roots in Suriname, worked as an engineer for the oil refinery until his retirement. Better known as a musician and maker of drums, he discovered painting at a later stadium. He now uses mixed media on paper, carton, wood...
Audrey Elings

Audrey Elings

by | Jan 3, 2021

Audrey Elings (1956) was born in Surabaja, Indonesia, moved to The Netherlands as a small girl and later immigrates to Curaçao. Audrey’s medium is ceramics, through which her inspiration and intuition is...
Paula Evers

Paula Evers

by | Jan 2, 2021

Paula Evers (1942) was born in Bergen, The Netherlands and studied art at the Van Gogh Academy in Amsterdam. Mostly abstracts, Paula paints vague human figures without faces which usually illicit a feeling from the observer. This is also the source from which this...
Stella Fraai

Stella Fraai

by | Jan 1, 2021

Stella Fraai was born in Curaçao, but moved to The Netherlands where she has been a teacher since 1955. An artist at heart, she developed an authentic and unique painting technique in her art studies. Her vibrant and festive paintings showcase the flora, fauna and...
Jean Girigori

Jean Girigori

by | Dec 18, 2020

Jean Girigori is a Caribbean artist by birth and a Curaçao artist by choice. She was born on a ship between the Dominican Republic and Curaçao. Her paintings often talk about the deprivation and abuse of the Caribbean people. She uses her paintings as an important...