Jolanda van der Elst

The Hague Area, Netherlands Netherlands

Fine Artist / Painter, Book Writer, Illustrator

Photography / Arts

PAST TO PRESENT: It has always been my dream to write and illustrate books for children. Apart from that, I have been painting and drawing for as long as I can remember. Writing. For the past ten years I have been working hard to realise my dream. First of all, I wrote two books for children (in Dutch), that were published: 'Tim' and 'Pappa zonder woorden' (see flat text versions below). Recently I finished a picture book for little children (Femke is een meisje...). Text and illustrations are both by me. Looking for a publisher now :-) Illustrating and text writing proved a perfect means for me to add value to someone else’s creations. Where someone has a spontaneous creative thou...