Meet Marenthe
Award-winning artist and the creative brain behind the Art Beat Club.
Named by Phaidon Press as one of the hundred most visionary designers in the world.
Grand Prize Winner of the Global Talent Search in America.
Her work was honored in Europe, New York, Tokyo and London.
Marenthe has worked for clients such as Post NL, Philips, Elle Magazine, Hallmark, Running Press, Quarto, Flow, and Happinez magazine.
Let me tell you a story.
It all began with a tiny tot’s fist wrapped around a crayon, scribbling out dreams. Fast forward, and here I am: my life a living, breathing sketchbook, every day splashed with the kind of joy that comes from being fiercely, unabashedly myself.
I’m here for you.
Really here.
With open arms, a heart full of warmth, and a spirit of giving that’s all about love.
I’m here to walk with you as you grow your art, one brushstroke at a time.
I’m here to help you blossom, to turn your stunning talents into the show-stoppers they’re meant to be. Together, we’ll mix your incredible skills with a dash of courage to create something downright miraculous.
I’m here for the laughs that bubble up when we create, for the pure bliss that comes from making something beautiful.
I’m here for the circle we create when we share our art – that’s the sisterhood I’m talking about.
So here’s my call, echoing out from the canvas of my life, clear and true, right to your heart.
Let’s skip, leap, and twirl down this path, right into the heart of Wonderland – the place we’ve always known, where every stroke of imagination is real.
Are you in? Let’s paint this world vibrant.
“I see the world in colors of love and emotion”.
Marenthe
AS FEATURED IN
For years, I searched for my home planet.
In vain.
So I created it myself and called it “The Art Beat Club.”
My sense of adventure began at an early age. The family home in the south Netherlands offered many a make-believe world and plenty of hiding places. The wild garden boasted a forest where I spent hours playing and discovering.
My bedroom balcony, overhung by a cherished cherry tree, was a place to wonder – at life, love and how to reach the cherries on the farthest branches.
My father was a teacher and a photographer of nature and believer in beauty. He would often head out in the dead of night armed only with his makeshift shelter and trusty camera to take photos of foxes and deer.
By day he snapped birds, butterflies and three of his favourite people; me, my mother and little brother.
I got my own camera at the age of 5. “That's where I learned to observe and watch. I took photographs, drew, painted and wrote all the time. I could escape into the forest and my very own world, where the animals were my friends. I spent so much time with my dog, the rabbits, a tame magpie and a jackdaw. My father had 100 owls… I’m not kidding. I still love drawing flowers, butterflies and birds.”
My mother was a speech therapist and a free spirit. She was my guiding light when it came to travel, treasures and crafts. She took me with her on her travels to far-flung places, exhibitions and cultural activities. I was inspired and hooked. I dried flowers, sewed textiles, made jams and collected keepsakes. I knitted my own pullovers (and by the age of 15 I had filled my wardrobe with 20 self-made items of clothing). The piles of 1950s and '60s magazines in my mother's attic provided another source of raw material.
I studied at the Academy of Arts Graphic Design and Illustration in Belgium, graduating cum laude in 1994. Soon after, I co-founded Studio 't Brandt Weer. I was instrumental in the company's development and success for 10 years, producing cutting edge designs that gained the Studio acclaim across the Netherlands.
I travel extensively and often revisit my collection of paraphernalia (or my mum's attic) to find more creative inspiration.
I have a passion for creating and an unquashable desire to share the wonders of nature, love and happiness with the world. I do this from my studio in The Hague, looking out over the gardens of the royal palace.
In 2016 I became the Grand Prize Winner of the 2016 Global Talent Search and since that time my work has been represented by Lilla Rogers Studio in the USA and Kajsa Blomberg in Europe.
I love to spend time with my two children, friends and family who provide a constant source of inspiration and learning. I love yoga, vegetarian food, Little Britain, flowers, reading, traveling, writing and cooking.
You can visit my website here.
