Doet Boersma

Doet Boersma is a Dutch artist and educator based in Friesland who creates expressive landscape paintings on large formats using vivid colors while exploring themes like fertile soil and plant life. She founded the Kunstacademie Friesland in 2015, where she serves as general director and senior lecturer, offering diverse training programs alongside her career as an independent painter working on commissioned pieces.

• Products: Large-format expressive paintings focusing on landscapes and recent research into plants and soil life.
• Services: Painting lessons, workshops, lectures, teambuilding activities, and professional development courses for groups.
• Industries: Visual arts education, contemporary art galleries, and international artist residencies across Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Hong Kong, and the US.
• Innovation: Initiatives such as FAFA, a network of female artists since 2000, and GRÛN launched in 2025 to foster artistic collaboration.

Her extensive publications include books like Fertile Soil (2021) and Levenslust, which examine the intersection of nature, light, and human experience through art.