The large raw-realistic paintings by Busschers are in a seemingly photorealistic style. Her interest however is not photorealism, but lies in the graphic, complex and at the same time clear treatment of the subject matter. This makes her work immediately recognizable and contemporary. Each portrait asks for its own treatment. The materials used in one piece can exist from linen, cotton, felt, graphite, acrylic, rubber and even wood. With this complex layered work method the result seems to strike comparison in drawing, painting and three-dimensional work. The skin of the models is what fascinates her most: the portraits are only a pretence in the exploration of this part of the human body. Busschers takes photographs of her models and studies the skin on irregularities, lines, grooves and veins. These are emphasized in the painting process; the skin as an intriguing landscape that is examined on spots and irregularities(rutger Brandt)

inferno

2005
Annemarie Busschers earlier work was slightly related to the town in the Southern part of the Netherlands where she was born.‘s-Hertogen-bosch, the town of the medieval artist Hieronymus Bosch (1450 –1516). The modus operandi of Annemarie Busschers’ work is the pencil accurately used on fragile paper. Black and white drawings full of unexpected details without losing the telling story context.
A good example of the earlier works of Annemarie Busschers is the ‘Inferno’ inspired by La Divina Comedia, Dante Alighieri (Italia, 1265-1321). A glass fishbowl expressing a mix of fears, a show of hostility.

ChildI

The making of the ‘Chicken pox’ marks the transition from the earlier work to the new which was started by the ‘Child I’ portrait.
Not only have the contents of the work changed: her new born son, children, the human face seems to be a new source of her inspiration. Her technique changes and her skills are expanding. Pencil is used on rice paper glued to canvas to draw in full detail the subject. Acryl and oil are used to fill the pencil drawing, giving the subject an extraordinary expression and force. What is kept from the earlier work is the full detail.

Detail

Blow up the left eye in ‘Chicken pox’ and you can more or less feel, touch the flagrancy of the tissue. Chickenpox was sent in and selected for the BP award 2005. (Frits Bolt)

Biografie
1970 's-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands

Education
Art academy Minerva Groningen 1991-1996


Prizes
2003 Participation Koninklijke prijs voor de Vrije Schilderkunst, Amsterdam (2th round)
2005 Selected for exhibition BP Award 2005, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 Selected for exhibition BP Award 2006, National Portrait Gallery, London
2006 first prize Egberts prize 2007, Groningen
2008 Selected for exhibition BP Award 2008, National Portrait Gallery, London

Projects
Mural Painting
Medical center, Groningen 2003
Mural Painting 'Fivelingo' Appingedam 2006