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Maria_van_Bruggen

World on a grain of sand...

About Me


To see the world in the grain of sand....

Enter into the world of Elfies
www.elfies-world.com
copyright © 2003-2006
Where you will be able to see art of Maria?

Art of Maria has been published in "500 Fairy Motifs", "Visions of Atlantis" and many other books
and she is preparing her solo book "333 FantasyWorlds" end of this year. You will be able to see her illustrations in magazines such as "Mystic Pop", "Pentacle",
"Dream Weaver"and manymore...
There are as well 2 very special Calendars for 2007 published this year with art of Maria. Follow this link to see previous publications...


I am thankful to my customers for making it possible to sell myart for over 3 years!
I am always glad to hear from you - so if you have any question or suggestion - just send me a message.
I am located in beautiful and green Belgium where I create in my home studio.
I am selling only Limited Edition prints and ACEOs on ebay.
To purchase my ORIGINAL PAINTINGS please visit my website.
This is your opportunity to buy a very special present and to make a wise investment.
MARIA VAN BRUGGEN
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My Interests

alice in wonderland, alternative medicine, angels, animal rights, anime, art, art nouveau, art shows, blythe, blythe dolls, book illustration, bratz, candles, crystals, diving, dogs, dolls, drawing, eagles, ebay, ebsq, elfies, elfs, esoterica, fae, faeries, faery, fairies, fairy, fairy art, fairy festivals, fairy painting, fantasy, fantasy art, flowers, forest, gnomes, golden earring, healing, hiking, illustration, jewelry, kawai, kawai noir, laughing, life, manga, meditation, mystery, nature, new age, nymphs, painting, pastels, pets, photography, pullip, pullip dolls, rainbows, samoyed, self-representing artists, super dolfie, tarot, travel, traveling, volks, volks dolfie, watercolor, wet canvas............and it can go on and on.......... LOL

Music:

Hard Rock and Classical Rock......classical moments too

Movies:

Advenutre, Ski-Fi, Horror and Comedy

Books:

Stephen King, Richard Bach

My Blog

Real Belgium CHOCOLATE!

CHOCOLATES are finally availiable ! :)This beautiful box with original art from me contains 180 gr SUPER tasty real Belgium chocolate pralines. Each box contains 11 different pralines, such as milk ch...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Mon, 07 Apr 2008 06:13:00 PST

Survivor

I think it is the second of the most emotional paintings of mine..... I feel better after painting it....."So close, no matter how far Couldn’t be much more from the heart Forever trusting who w...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 04:47:00 PST

Time for Fairies....

Yesterday my newsletter was sent out with a secret offer ONLY for subscribers, so now when the 24 hours is over I can finally release it here as well :) And yes, if you still didnt had a&nbs...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:52:00 PST

My White wolf....

I guess from the moment she was deadly sick and I was sitting with her, still a tiny puppy, holding her in my hands and singing her lullabys - she still remembers. Simply because she is my real "tail"...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Sun, 30 Mar 2008 04:06:00 PST

Morning, new ACEOs and Samoyed show!

Thank you sweethearts for helping me out yesterday with a polls on my Live Journal! I think I made up my decision :) No, not sharing it yet LOLAnd morning is already started here and you can probably ...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Thu, 27 Mar 2008 02:50:00 PST

Guided meditation CD and other news

Where oh where should I start :)....Probably from the point that weather today is full with soft butterfly like snowflakes that I can see through my window... almost a real fairy magic.I just listed t...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:48:00 PST

New book, new produts and new painting!

With so many coming up updates I wouldnt even know where to start. Firt of all, from the 1 of April (and no it is not a joke!!!) I will be sending special offers ONLY for my newsletter subsc...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Thu, 20 Mar 2008 06:10:00 PST

Cats, nudes and antique frames....

I love Antique markets... there is always something so special about them. You wondering in between pieces of history and you wondering how much these things remembering from the past. I lov...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 01:31:00 PST

I paint my own reality.... Unibrow alchemy

 Frida Kahlo’s self-portrait entitled "Self Portrait with Thorn Necklace, Hummingbird and Unibrow" was created in 1940. Although her work is often classified as surrealism, she never consid...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Mon, 17 Mar 2008 01:04:00 PST

Ouija Boards

Yes, I was always fascinated with Ouija boards. I am a happy owner of 4 different Ouijas and I never had any bad or scary experience with them. I have a strong believe that tool is just a tool and wh...
Posted by Maria_van_Bruggen on Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:46:00 PST