Cary Jurriaans lives and paints in Langley Washington. Cary was born and raised in the Netherlands and grew up among some of the most beautiful art in the world. She has shown an abundance of creative energy throughout her life. Cary's formal art training started at the Gage Academy. She also spent time at the Florence Academy of Art and attended many other workshops in Europe and the US. Her work has been exhibited in numerous juried shows, most notable the PONCHO invitational.

Cary comes from a family of painters, her aunt was the Parisian painter Mena Loopuyt (1902-1991 painter). Cary's work is in private collections in the US and Europe. In 2006 Cary started the now Whidbey Island Fine Art Studio in Langley, Whidbey Island. WIFAS is a Studio/School for high quality representational art with nationally known instructors with a passion for teaching.

The world around us is constantly moving, things are moving at lightning speed. In fact movement seems to be the comfort zone that our world knows. The idea of sitting still and just settling into the space of stillness seems to be a foreign notion, a radical concept. And yet there is magic that happens in this space of stillness that simply cannot happen in the space of continual movement. There is a purity and serenity that simply cannot be found anywhere else. I love painting this stillness. It has that quiet that I crave. I love the shapes of common objects, the reflections, the sleek lines and the soft and hard edges. The world around us is constantly moving, things are moving at lightning speed. In fact movement seems to be the comfort zone that our world knows. The idea of sitting still and just settling into the space of stillness seems to be a foreign notion, a radical concept. And yet there is magic that happens in this space of stillness that simply cannot happen in the space of continual movement. There is a purity and serenity that simply cannot be found anywhere else. I love painting this stillness. It has that quiet that I crave. I love the shapes of common objects, the reflections, the sleek lines and the soft and hard edges. The endles variety of patterns of light and dark fascinate me. I revel in the experience of working with paint creating the illusion of form and a flat surface and the ongoing challenge of seeing and learning more each time.