Monique
Lassooij was born and raised in The Netherlands and moved several years
ago to Miami, Florida. Her paintings hang in numerous private
collections in the US and abroad.
In The Netherlands Ms.
Lassooij started out as an abstract painter but over the years she
developed a passion for figurative painting. After having studied with
Dutch artists such as Pien Hazenberg and Henk Hubenet, she attended the
Royal Academy for Fine Arts in The Hague and has gone on to receive
several commissions and can be found in public places such as the Town
Hall of the city of Scheveningen in The Netherlands.
"My work explores the
paradox in modern pop culture & society, sometimes clearly visible
and sometimes through an underlining dichotomy interjected with humor."
Ms. Lassooij
finds her inspiration in colors and how those colors affect the subject
whether she is painting on canvas, wood or a wall. Her
subjects are often not placed within a context-giving background,
allowing a single or combination of colors and geometric shapes to
illuminate the chosen topic.
