Marjolein Bastin Marjolein Bastin is considered the most important nature artist in all the Netherlands, and her heart-felt work has elicited international acclaim. She first began to express her love of nature through drawings she made as a young child. “I already loved nature so much,” she said. “I just had to do something with my feelings of wonder and excitement.” When Bastin was only ten, she created a sketchbook full of drawings. “They were little things that I thought of as my treasures. That was the beginning of my painting, and I haven’t stopped si. . .
