Helen Petronella

Contemporary painter

June 2022 I graduated at the Wackers academy in Amsterdam. The theme of my final work was the interiors and visitors of restaurant De Plantage and Café Américain, both beautiful locations in Amsterdam. My mentor was Sam Drukker.

I have a great passion for painting the interiors of bars and restaurants and interiors in general, but I also love to paint portraits. For years I attended portrait painting sessions at Irma Braat’s studio in Amsterdam, in addition to my education at the Wackers academy.

I also paint still lifes, urban and village scenes and landscapes and all other daily life matters that inspire me.

My work is realistic. It has a classic approach but it is painted with a contemporary touch. Light, reflections and colours play an important role in my paintings.

I work and live in Broek in Waterland, a small village close to Amsterdam.

Curriculum vitae artistique

2017–2022: Wackers Academy for Figurative Art, Amsterdam
June 2019: Exhibition of Wackers Studenten in the Broeker Kerk, Broek in Waterland
May 2020: Virtual Art Route, Broek in Waterland
June 2022: Graduation Exhibition, Wackers Academie
Oct–Dec 2022: Exhibition at the Town Hall of Waterland, Monnickendam
Oct–Nov 2022: Artist in Residence in Callosa d’en Sarría, Spanje
Nov 2022: Kunst met een Kus, Art Fair, Broeker Kerk, Broek in Waterland
June 2023: Duo Exhibition with sculptor Heleen Levano, Broeker Kerk, Broek in Waterland
June 2023: Noordwijk Painting Festival
Oct–Nov 2023: Artist in Residence in Callosa d’en Sarría, Spanje
Dec 2023: Kunst met een Kus, Art Fair, Broeker Kerk, Broek in Waterland
June 2024: Art Route, Broek in Waterland
June 2024: Noordwijk Painting Festival
Sept 2024: Biennale Waterlandse Kunstkring, Grote Kerk, Monnickendam
Nov 2024: Kunst met een Kus, Art Fair, Broeker Kerk, Broek in Waterland
April 2025: Group Exhibition Figs, Kunstruim, Amsterdam
April–May 2025: Group Exhibition Figs, Wackers Academy, Amsterdam
Aug 2025: Solo Exhibition VRIJ!, Museum Jan Boon, De Rijp