Marein Konijn (born 1982) is a Dutch artist known for her abstract, figurative landscapes. Her paintings often exude a melancholic atmosphere and play with light, reflections, and layering. Using oil paint or acrylic, she translates impressions of the world around her into a distorted reality: not a literal representation of a landscape, but a personal interpretation that evokes an atmosphere of silence, drama, and emptiness.
Her style can be described as figurative abstraction. She uses monochrome color nuances and strong light-dark contrasts, creating tension and emotional depth. Layers and textures are created through the use of transparent layers of paint or a palette knife, giving her work a multifaceted and tactile quality. The result is paintings that not only show the viewer but also make them feel: a tranquil, introspective world where emotions often remain unspoken and are therefore experienced all the more powerfully.
From 2014 to 2019, Konijn studied painting at the Classical Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen. She finds her inspiration primarily in nature and occasionally in existing artworks. For her, painting is a process of self-exploration and a constant struggle to create her own visual language.
With her oeuvre, Marein Konijn invites the viewer to join her on her quest: to wander through landscapes that are as recognizable as they are distorted, and thus to share in the emotional resonance she captures in paint.
