Femke Koome

About Femke:

After an initial career as a professional cellist, Femke retrained as an occupational therapist and had a successful and busy career in child mental health, while also bringing up her own family. Femke has always painted and sketched since a young age and in her early 20’s settled on watercolour as her happy medium.

Since her retirement as a health professional, Femke Koome dedicates her life to her growing family and her rediscovered creativity. After a gap of 20 years, Femke has taken her watercolour talents further and recently launched her new career as a watercolourist on art websites, as well as exhibiting in local galleries.

Femke’s watercolours have a loose, semi-abstract style and are inspired by New Zealand’s land and seascapes, and any subject that her keen eye for the beautiful and unusual captures.

Femke uses pure watercolours as well as combining watercolour with ink or charcoal. Her subjects range from semi-abstract urban and nature to quirky vignettes of man-made dereliction. Her bold and striking brush strokes give her paintings her signature exuberant style.