 Artist Marjolein Scott-van der Hek lives and produces her spectacular
artwork on the Island of Abaco in the Bahamas. Her paintings reflect the
vibrant colours of a tropical paradise.
Marjolein was born on Borneo in Indonesia, of Dutch parents and grew up
in Indonesia, East Africa, Hong Kong and Singapore, where she studied
classical and oriental dance and also fine arts.
Marjolein’s medium of choice is watercolour on silk, using oriental and
western techniques based on the Indonesian art of Batik. The richness and
depth of her colours are a result of a scintillating palette of special
European silk paints and dyes that are layered onto each painting.
 Although her subjects and commissioned works vary, they all reflect the
spectacular beauty of nature, her surroundings and graceful people. An
inspiration for the playful figures in some of her work certainly comes
from her years of teaching dance to island children.
 The beautiful frames complementing her paintings are custom made by her
Australian husband, from solid recycled wood, originally salvaged from
local island homes destroyed by hurricanes that frequent the island.
Her commissioned paintings can be found, internationally, in private
and corporate collections in America, Europe, the Far East and Australia
as well as the Bahamas.
The Barefoot Contessas’ Card Company produces
limited edition giclee prints, framed
and/or matted prints, and
postcards of Marjolein’s work.
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