My name is Jacky Krielaart. I’m an self-taught mixed media artist, currently living in Amsterdam and working from a studio in my home. I completed my graduation in art and art history at high school and continued learning by attending courses at art academies and Dutch artist Anne Leegstra. I am bound to no medium, but I gravitate towards acrylics in most my pieces. My subject matter is abstract expressionism and figurative portrait painting. My current work is primarily contemporary art.

Creativity is my life and life-safer. I have a huge fascination for life and the experiences it offers. This is my never-ending magical source of inspiration. Life has presented me some very strong emotions to deal with, which I express through my art. My work is self-therapeutic and expressionistic at its core. My art is a piece of who I am, it is about the process of discovery, recovery, expressing my personal feelings with the media and the colors that inspire me.

I have a passion for color, texture, and movement that are conveyed in my abstract and figurative creations. The image is not the focus, but rather a part of the process. My goal is to have the elements of color and texture unleash a sense of calming emotion for the viewer, evoking a visceral and possibly cognitive experience of that which is asking to be seen, heard, felt, understood.

Listed in various private collections across Europe (Italy, Spain, Portugal, South of France, Greece, and The Netherlands)