E l s v a n R i j s s e l is a Dutch painter; fashion models are her main subject during a decade now. Always searching for the right pictures for her paintings, she is well known with most of the fashion and design magazines and with the latest fashion shows and for example with “Fashion week Paris 2015 EXIT” on you tube. The photo’s she uses for her work are those where the girls are still vulnerable and self-conscious.
Most of the time they were new comers when I spotted and painted them. The process of searching is intense and takes longer than the making of the painting itself which I can do in one day. However, what is time consuming is to find the right white balance of the many layered white background.