Jos Coufreur
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Jos Coufreur was born in 1959 in Holland, and studied art at the royal Academy of Art in Den Bosch. He and his wife immigrated to New Zealand in 1987 and now have four children. They made Cambridge their home for 6 years, but now reside in Papamoa Bay - the Bay of Plenty.
Jos started painting as a youngster. He specialized in animals about 15 years ago and moved to Cambridge to be close to the horse owners. He opened "The Equine Image" Gallery, but after 2 years felt he would rather paint from his studio and sell his works through other galleries. Over the last few years he has developed a new style and mainly paints children and figures in acrylic.
All his artworks are done from his own photographs. His style can be described as 'romantic realism'.
Although I went to Art School my paintings are mainly self taught. I have developed my own impressionistic technique. Other artists I really admire are: Howard Terpning (USA), Rien Poortvliet (Netherlands), Robert Hagan (Australia) and Harley Brown (USA).
Awards:
KG Fraser Award 2004 and 1st professional oil section Royal Easter Show, Auckland
Snells Beach Summer Art Exhibition, 1st and 2nd 2005
2nd Prize Open Oil Section, Royal Easter Show 2006, People's Choice Award,
Cambridge Soc of Arts, 2006 Most Popular Painting, North Shore Art Award 2006
Most Popular Painting, Snells Beach Summer Exh. 2007 Popular Choice Award,
Molly Morpeth Canaday Art ward 2007 1st prize Snells Beach Summer Art
Exhibition, (Award) 2008