Brigit Krans is a Dutch-born, Vermont-based painter whose work is a bridge between two continents. Her paintings flow between the rich rural life and waterways of her native Netherlands and the wild landscapes of New England. Drawing inspiration from the 17th-century Dutch Masters and from her own family of artists, Brigit’s art is grounded in traditional painting techniques but speaks with a fresh, relevant voice.

Drawing almost continuously from an early age, Brigit studied art history and won a Promising Young Artist Award in her Native Netherlands in her teens. Brigit’s journey to full-time, professional painting began in 2014 - a shift that arose out of a successful career as a performing artist. Well-versed across the artistic spectrum, Brigit flourished in the contemporary dance world, became a certified movement analyst and won two top scholarships in classical voice, all before her late twenties. Among other completed studies, she earned her Master’s Degree from the renowned Trinity Laban Conservatoire for Music and Dance in London (UK) in 2006.

Interestingly, it was through the performing arts that she found herself drawn to the rhythm of the brush and the language of oil paint, again. Determined to master her craft, she poured herself into painting and quickly made her mark with a solo exhibition of 28 works, which she curated herself. The show captured the attention of a Dutch newspaper, who published a three-page feature in 2024, highlighting the interplay between her Dutch and New England landscapes.

Her work has since graced galleries in the US and Europe, with commissioned pieces held in private collections. Most recently, Brigit won the People’s Choice Award at a regional exhibition in New York. As she continues to explore the natural world through her oil and watercolor paintings, Brigit redefines the boundaries between place, belonging, identity and memory, painting a world where every landscape tells a much more profoundly personal story than one might presume at first glance.