About Marin

From a young age, I’ve had three great passions: painting, my love for animals and plants, and my interest in human behavior.

My mission is to help you connect with your core and show yourself fully, just as you are. So, following your heart, you blossom.je op en kun je jouw bijzondere kwaliteiten en passies pas echt ten volle beleven en benutten!

You have your own path to follow, I will help you find it.

Portraits

The (unconscious) human tendency to put on an outward appearance, something animals lack, continues to fascinate me endlessly. Why do people do this? If this “mask” is removed, how different are humans and animals?

My portraits are always a quest for the essence of a being, “bringing the inside out.”n.”

A painter with a golden brush who captures faces and especially eyes with great passion. Beautiful portraits of lonely people on sheets of wrapping paper. Marin Elsen is a talent to keep an eye on.

Mark van de Voort, Brabants Dagblad, 16-04-09

I originally trained as an independent visual artist and teacher of visual arts and design. After briefly working in secondary schools and art centers, I decided to dedicate myself fully to my work as a painter and as a private drawing and painting instructor.

Painting and drawing portraits is a gift I was born with; I’m self-taught. Yet, while painting and drawing, I regularly encountered things that I felt weren’t working, but for which I couldn’t immediately find a solution. If something did work, I didn’t know why. This prompted me to practice and study for years to fully understand drawing and painting, to achieve mastery instead of chance. This development never stops for me, by the way. I still sketch and paint every day and read and watch everything I can get my hands on about it.

I love passing on my knowledge and experience to my students.

Besides being a portrait painter and teacher, I also work as a guide for people and horses, and as a coach with horses. In this role, I combine my knowledge and experience in coaching, energy work, body awareness, horsemanship, straightness training, centered riding, teaching, and academic horsemanship to bring combinations into optimal physical and mental balance based on authentic communication.

Marin Elsen, Breda, August 2, 1985

Training

April 2017 – November 2017: Advanced training in (systemic) horse coaching at the Windopleiding Nederland, by Wind Organisatieontwikkeling, Veeningen
September-October 2011: Instructor training Centered Riding level 1 by Nelleke Deen, Dongen
2003-2009: Academy of Fine Arts Tilburg,
specializing in two-dimensional design

Courses

April 18-21, 2015: Instructor Update Centered Riding by Karen Irland, Lunteren
November 21-23, 2014: Noora Ehnqvist Clinic, Kootwijkerbroek
September 19-21, 2014: ‘Awakening Emptiness’ at ZininZijn, Zevenhuizen
Spring 2014: Horse Massage Course by Lilian de Haas, organized by Angela Remie, Wernhout
September 18-21, 2013: Instructor Update Centered Riding by Deb Moynihan, organized by Margreet Bouwmeester, Rucphen
Throughout 2012: Masterclass with Ylvie Fros, Lunteren
May 2011: The Rider’s Seat Clinic with Tom Nagel
May-June 2011: Basic Straightness Training Course by Ylvie Fros, Stal ‘t Lageveld Lunteren
August 2008: Experience Week, Findhorn Foundation, Findhorn, Scotland
2002-2003: Academy of Fine Arts, Tilburg
Orientation Course

Publications

2010: “Through the Eyes of Vincent.” Workbook Vincent’s Drawing Room, commissioned by the Tilburg City Museum. In collaboration with Zeus Hoenderop and Chiel Janssen. Edited by Petra Robben

Individual guidance

Summer 2014 to 2018: lessons provided by Eef Nibbelink
Spring 2013 to 2018: lessons given by Angela Remie (Avalons Equestrian Guidance, Wernhout)

Stages

May to November 2013: Day internships at Avalons rider guidance, Wernhout
May to July 2011: Intern at Stal ‘t Lage Veld, Lunteren