Nell Koopman has shown interest in painting and drawing since childhood. In 2011, after several years in the graphic design industry and teaching high school art. she opened a studio geared at teaching and exploring art with the neighborhood kids.
Nell loves to paint with color and texture and manipulate the materials. Her artwork often incorporates layers of acrylic, gel, oil pastel, graphite and other mediums. When painting, mixing and layering, she is always wondering....“what happens if?” Her work is inspired by travel, music, and her Texas roots. Having a background in advertising and graphic arts, Nell's early works were very structured and linear and through years of experimentation, her artwork has evolved to gesturally and a bit more free form and she prefers not to be tied to a particular style or subject matter.
Nell and her husband Ben have four grown children and a sweet baby grandson named Henry. With the arrival of Henry, Nell began signing her work Nellie which she is called by close family and friends and soon Henry too.
Nell loves to paint with color and texture and manipulate the materials. Her artwork often incorporates layers of acrylic, gel, oil pastel, graphite and other mediums. When painting, mixing and layering, she is always wondering....“what happens if?” Her work is inspired by travel, music, and her Texas roots. Having a background in advertising and graphic arts, Nell's early works were very structured and linear and through years of experimentation, her artwork has evolved to gesturally and a bit more free form and she prefers not to be tied to a particular style or subject matter.
Nell and her husband Ben have four grown children and a sweet baby grandson named Henry. With the arrival of Henry, Nell began signing her work Nellie which she is called by close family and friends and soon Henry too.
