Where do I begin to tell the story of how great a love can be?
Golden beautiful couple Nienke Bawa and Bob Kootte fell in love, lived together and loved each other only for a few years and died last August of a mysterious poisoning in Colombia.
The questions around their death did not get clear answers yet.
I am so grateful the parents of Bob Kootte asked me to make an artwork to celebrate the lives of their beloved son Bob and his girlfriend Nienke with the flowers of their funeral.
We celebrated the revelation of their Eternal Love story.  Bob❤️Nienke

Each morning when I enter our studio garden I see that nothing is more beautiful than the stillness of our garden in the morning sun. Last year we planted the Persian sleeping tree, called "Hé Huān Huā" in Chinese. The pink fluffy tassels call me: ´Hey ho! see me. I want you to make me see us.
We are dancing here for you, almost in the air'. The fern-like green leaflets are very sensitive, they close at nighttime ánd when you touch them. Hope you see them bloom one of these weeks. Mimosa bark (Albizia julibrissin) has a rich history in traditional Chinese medicine. The Materia Medica states that Hé Huān Pí calms the five Yinne Organs, makes people happy without worry; literally makes their eyes shine.
The Chinese 'the tree of collective happiness' also known as 'silk tree'.  

Contour Gallery presents my newest works at international Photography art fair UNSEEN.  See you soon!

I made this work as I’ve felt shocked by women’s rights being violated globally. I so want to change this. I wish for women to be respected, admired and cherished as we do with flowers.

Saturday 16^th of July, Muriel Mager of Contour Gallery and yours truly are throwing a party to celebrate the our new and fresh collaboration with Contour Gallery and the opening of the exhibition ‘MAKE LOVE NOT WAR - the Power of the Flower’. From 3 PM till 5 PM
 
See you then!

Rotterdam Contour Gallery, proudly presents Margriet Smulders at Photo Basel 

https://www.contour.gallery/photo-basel-basel/

We where happy to be featured in the Guardian

Did you miss the openingsparty of the show Wysteria?
Piet Siebers opens the doors of his white grain silo for you.
I love how the winding vines overgrow my works.

In Piets gardens you can enjoy wonderful flowers.
p.ART.s gallery, Castenrayseweg 19, Oirlo.
Saturday and Sunday from 12 AM to 5 PM
Till the 26th of June 2022

The Power of the Flower

Solo show in Contour Gallery, Rotterdam  

Feel welcome to join the preview on Sunday May 22 at 4 PM

https://www.contour.gallery/exhibitions-fairs/

Starting a new collaboration with Rotterdam based gallery of Muriel Mager. Gallery Contour shows young artists with an emphasis on photography.

Happy to join Incontro festival in Celleno

Come and visit this medieval city to explore your own creative energy. We attended a workshop with kids from Celleno who where inspired by flowers like I do. Hope to meet you in this paradise. My works and explorations will be presented in the church in the castlo on top of the 'Borgo"