My Work

Indian Rose

Signs and Symbols, one from a serie of 12. Aquarelle and Ink. 50 x 70 cm. 2009

Reflexion

Where reality ends and dreams begin. Oil on Canvas. 81 x 60 cm. 2020

Golden Circel

Oil on Canvas, old French Lace, Wax – 50 x 40 cm. 2019. SOLD!

Sancerre Autumn

Sancerre – Autumn

Vinyards in Sancerre, Autumn colours and Golden light. Oil on Canvas. 100 x 40 cm. 2019. SOLD!

Vignobles – Sancerre

Vineyards in Autumn, golden light in Sancerre. Just love it. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019. SOLD!

Vineyard – Sancerre

Autumn in Sancerre, with golden sunlight. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019. SOLD!

Pied de Vigne – Sancerre

I love the vineyards in Autumn. Golden light and colourful. Oil on Canvas. 50 x 70 cm. 2019.

Sashiko

Monotype print with textile dye and Japanese embroidery Sashiko. Once in the old days a reparing method for Kimono’s. Various sizes on various textiles. 2018/2019.

Golden Circel

Oil on Canvas, old French Lace, Phototransfer and wax. 50 x 70 cm. 2019.

Golden Circel

Oil paint on canvas with old French Lace, pigments from Roussillon and gold patine. 50 x 70 cm. 2018/2019. SOLD!  

In honour of Morandi

Monotype print with Oil Pastel, carvings inspired by Morandi’s famous bottles. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.

Oil Pastel

Monotype print in light colours and dark Oil Pastel, carved with a knife. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.

Oil Pastel in Red

Monotype Print with on top red Oil Pastel, carvings with knife. 10 x 18,5 cm. 2018.

La Loire

View on the river La Loire, from the parc on the island Faubourg, near La Charité sur Loire. Oil on Canvas. 30 x 70 cm. 2018. SOLD

La Loire

Painted on the island Faubourg where you have this nice view. In Summer you see the canoes coming to La Charité sur Loire. Oil on Canvas. 40 x 80 cm....

La Loire

La Loire, always a joy to paint, en plein air. Oil on canvas. 20 x 50 cm. Framed. 2016 Sold!

La Loire

La Loire is one of the few wild rivers in France. This plein air painting is near La Charité sur Loire. Oil on canvas. Framed. 50 x 70 cm. Sold!

La Charite sur Loire – Backstreet

La Charité sur Loire has a beautiful historique center, a joy for painters. Oil on canvas. 50 x 70 cm. Framed. 2016

La Charité sur Loire – Room with a View

My move to La Charité sur Loire, Plein Air Oil on Canvas – Framed 50 x 60 cm.  2015 SOLD!

Boho Chique Jewelry

Boho chique Jewelry. Handmade jewelry in Mixed media with vintage French lace, embroidery, pearls, buttons and textiles. Technic used: slows stitching and Sashiko embroidery. At first I used vintage items...

Original Handmade Bags - Agnes van Gaalen - Atelier Faubourg

Original Handmade Bags

Recently I found a way to combine my artwork with a utensil, the results are my original handmade bags made with French vintage lace, textile. Mixed media with screen prints, tranfers,...

Oil- Lace on handmade Lokta paper 85x53cm - 1

Lace, paint and paper

I am so happy with my stack of handmade Lokta paper from the Himalaya, nice to print on, see my monotype prints in an earlier blog, and also lovely to...

Lace material and print result

Winter – Blue Monday

Snow is falling on this Blue Monday here in La Charité sur Loire, however it won’t last. Some crane birds are staying in Burgundy and the weather forecast is good....

Monotype in 3 print versions

Normally a monotype print is as the word says, a single print. But by using a Monotype and an object, you can create 3 different prints. You print a positive one, a negative...

Monotype Printing and Print Transfer

Print Transfer For my upcoming workshop ‘Monotype Printing’ I like to add this very nice technique, so called ‘Print Transfer’. I’ve made a few samples on watercolor paper (300 gr.),...

Dancer 1

Drawing and Painting with a Dancer

Hello New Year, nice to see you 2015, a joy to look forward to all new inspirations this year will bring us! I like to share with you the joy...

Plein Air Painting

To be outside for painting in nature or in a nice little town is enjoying life at the fullest for me. A day of plein air painting feels like I’ve...

Ying-Yang

MonoType – What is this?

Monotype is a kind of one-print (mono), a unique print which you can make only once! You paint with a special ink on a piece of acrylic glass and put...

Symbols

Symbols

Monotype – Mixed Media painting on Lokta paper from the Himalaya. 36 x 50 cm. I have worked with Symbols in my paintings for some years now, it fascinates me,...

Drying the Lokta Paper

The creation of Lokta Paper

Lokta paper is handmade and comes from the Himalayas in Nepal. It is made traditionally by Nepalese families near a river from the Lokta plant or Papyraceas. This plant grows...