Bed & Breakfast MARJOLEIN Marjolein Wortmann was born in 1958 and graduated at the Minerva Academy of Fine Arts in Groningen, Holland. She has exhibited in many galleries and museums in the countries where she has lived and worked: Holland, Belgium, India, Colombia, Italy, Tunisia. In all these places painting has been her means of understanding, coming to terms with and appreciating local cultures. She painted a great deal during the years 1986-1999 that she spent in Colombia. She also produced printed works, frequently in the form of cartoons, for organisations of fishermen and indians and for some government authorities. In the Caribbean village of Tolú she created the 'Expresarte' foundation together with young fishermen, builders and students, and every day for several years directed a series of art workshops for more than fifty young people. The project is still supported by the Belgian NGO Broederlijk Delen and in their turn several young people now direct workshops for local children and for other young people and teachers from a neighbouring village. The eventual worsening of the civil war in Colombia lead her to discover 'another South' in Palermo. Here in the centre of the Mediterranean she is intrigued by the interweaving of different cultures. Mail People Interiors Crocodiles The Tropics Caribbean Plants Palermo Tunisia Mediterranean Other