NATURAL IMPRESSIONS

October 5-November 3, 2024: NATURAL IMPRESSIONS: Mixed media paintings by local Dutch artist Rinse de Koning that present a world of color and peace through strong compositions. In the Alcove Gallery. Opening reception October 5, 2024, 5:00 to 7:00 pm.

Road Through the Village painting by Rinse de Koning.

Local artist Rinse Jan de Koning was born in The Hague, The Netherlands in 1941. He was educated through the Montessori system and then attended the College of Hotel-Restaurant Management there. He emigrated to the United States in 1965 and first made his home in San Diego, California.

After spending his working years as an Executive Chef and Restaurant Owner in San Diego and in Colorado, he retired to Oregon to be closer to family.

When an opportunity arose to move back to Holland for a couple of years and study visual arts, he took it. He had painted off and on through the years and was always attracted to the arts. After staying there for seven years, he returned to Oregon where he painted and built on his ever-growing collection.

Rinse moved to Borrego Springs in 2020, where he continues painting, filling the walls of his home with impressions of scenes that he loves. His images focus on the colors, the shapes and the emotions — they are not abstract, but a combination of “natural” and “impression.” His paintings are a world of color and peace with a composition that is uncomplicated but forceful through the choice of color and shape, where it becomes a story of its own.