NEW: Toos van Holstein takes part in the famous Kunst10daagse (Art10days) in the artistic village Bergen in the province Noord-Holland from 19-28 October. More than 40.000 visitors are expected during this art manifestation. See for more details in 'Latest News'.

NEW: New work by Toos van Holstein is shown in a group exhibition at Gallery Wiek XX in Bad Nieuweschans in the province Groningen. She had to let her inspire by a few haiku's that were selected by the gallery owner. One of her new creation is shown above. For more details see'Latest News'.

NEW:Toos van Holstein belongs again to the 25 most popular artists in The Netherlands. This is the result of the election of Artist of the Year 2019 and the many votes she got in the public voting round after her nomination by an art panel in a group of 90 artists. She is of course happy with this confirmation of her position in the Dutch art world.

NEW: The heARTparade is an initiative to generate money for the development of a medicine for the deadly childrens 'energy metabolic disease'. Toos van Holstein is one of the well known Dutch artists who painted a so-called heARTseat for this initiative. A professional film of the creation process is found under the link https://vimeo.com/294111095  

-   On all first Sunday's of the year (except in January) the medieval town of Middelburg attracts a lot of visitors because of the Art and Culture Route. Also the atelier of Toos van Holstein is opened then from 1-5 pm.

-  Some years ago the very special show "Heroes" by Toos van Holstein was shown in the medieval Saint Martins Church in the town of Franeker in the Netherlands. Heroes like Achilles and Ulysses, saints from the Middel Ages and little Alice from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland are just a few examples of the heroes on Toos her paintings. More than 14.000 visitors  have admired these heroes thes summer months. A video of the opening of the exhibition is shown below.

Have a look at the professional video "TOOS-the movie" on het YouTube-channel and learn more about the origins of her inspiration and about her art: oil paintings, statues, digicompo's, monoprints.

Toos has a second website www.toos.biz where she shows the newest developements in her art with for instance mixed-art on alu-dibond and statues in resin