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van Riel was born in Amsterdam, the Netherlands and moved to the United
States in 1966. She has lived in Charlottesville, Virginia since 1987.Loes became a full time artist in 1988 after falling in love with graphics and gold leaf's luminosity. She spent the next eleven years specializing in jewelry surface design, studied papermaking and in 1999 decided to focus solely on mixed media collages. They hold for her the excitement of new challenges and discoveries, of stretching the possibilities with favorite ingredients and experimenting with new ones. Loes has exhibited her work in craft shows such as the Smithsonian, Philadelphia Museum and American Craft Council Shows as well as in numerous galleries. She has demonstrated jewelry surface design at the Renwick Gallery in Washington, D.C. and was commissioned to design commemorative brooches for the Smithsonian Women's Committee. Her work was featured in various magazines including "Ornament" and "Niche" and books such as "The Art of Jewelry Making" by Alan Revere. |
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www.loesvanriel.com
Copyright 2008 No duplication of images without permission. Contact Loes at loesvanriel@earthlink.net with questions, comments or inquiries. |