Leonoor Ruigrok | Contemporary Artist

Happy mountain -Colorful and wild happy landscape painting - strong handwriting and marks - acrylic on paper - 2026 - Leonoor Ruigrok
Leonoor Ruigrok - Lace Ruig - contemporary artist, The Netherlands - studio view
Piggy painting, oil on paper, symbolic figure fine art, Leonoor Ruigrok

PAINTING · SPATIAL WORK · THE NETHERLANDS

“I paint what unfolds inside.
Depth matters more than surface”

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Dutch contemporary woman artist - studio view - artist life -used easel, paint and fether.

selected Collections

Expressive symbolic Icelandic house landscape painting. Green, light blue oil paint and red spot in the front. Leonoor Ruigrok - 2026
ICELANDIC HOUSES – 2026 – 2023
enigmatic Italian lake landscape - colorful painting - Leonoor Ruigrok
LAGO D’ORTA – 2026
Liveliness, vibrant Italian acrylic landscape by Leonoor Ruigrok - 2026
LAGO D’OrTA – 2026
Close up oil painting Dreamland - Symbolic magical realism - Dutch artist Leonoor Ruigrok - 2025
Dreamland – 2026
Art collections - Sneaky-hidden-sunflowers - original art - art series by Leonoor Ruigrok
SNEAKY HIDDEN SUNFLOWERS – 2024
Contemporary Art by Dutch female artist Leonoor Ruigrok inspired by nature and symbolism forms.
Paradise – 2025

“Her work moves between reality and imagination, where moments of chaos, tenderness, and change converge. Through layered brushstrokes in oil and mixed media, she captures the tension between control and surrender.”

– Yvonne de Jong – Gallerist – ROOT gallery

Available Work

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A curated selection of original paintings currently available from my studio. Discover small works, selected larger paintings and recent pieces.

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Colorful, liveliness and energetic happy landscape painting - strong handwriting and marks - acrylic on paper - 2026 - Leonoor Ruigrok

Where the Work Begins

Behind a simple gate lies my studio in the landscape. A rough, hidden place where paintings, materials, animals and changing light exist side by side. Nothing needs to look finished here before it has had the chance to become something.

secret hidden outdoor studio - art workplace Leonoor Ruigrok
Raw art work in oil paint on unstretched canvas
Rough wooden worktable in Leonoor Ruigrok’s hidden garden studio, with studies, materials and the back of a canvas.
art material - palet knive - studio Leonoor Ruigrok
Expressive painting detail with thick layered brushstrokes in ochre, cream, blue and dark red, showing raw texture, movement and intersecting lines. Leonoor Ruigrok - 2026
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PROCESS NOTES

Promise of Spring, a 60 x 60 cm oil painting, shown in a warm vintage Italian interior with soft natural daylight and antique furniture.

ARTWORK PLACEMENT & LIGHT

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How light, wall colour and placement can change the way a painting is experienced. >

Liveliness, vibrant Italian acrylic landscape by Leonoor Ruigrok - 2026

INSIDE A SERIES

Series note

A closer look at how paintings within a series develop through colour, rhythm and recurring forms. >

Painted canvas rolls in warm colors

FROM THE STUDIO

Process note

Notes on making, materials and the movement between observation and inner landscape. >

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