Marjo Lebbe

(b. 1991, Antwerp, Belgium)

Marjo started painting with watercolour at the age of 3 years old in her master and grandfather’s studio, Walter Lebbe, a talented watercolorist. Marjo obtained a master in veterinary Medicine in 2017 and combines her passion for horses in working as an equine veterinarian and as an equine watercolour artist. By now her work is in the collections of numerous international private collectors based in Dubai, United States of America, Australia and Europe. Marjo believes that art should have a deep connection with spirituality, that color should have a symbolic meaning, and that the act of painting should be both instinctive and uninhibited just like the subjects of her paintings-horses. Nature has been a continuous source of inspiration for the artist, but she admits that horses hold a particular and enduring fascination. In her own words “I inherited my passion for horses from my mom, who put me on a horse when I wasn't yet able to walk.”, she continues “one of the reasons why I paint is to give my understanding for all the misunderstood horses a place”. Marjo expresses the freedom that horses give in her watercolour technique, full of movement and naturalness as it assumes the canvas's own materiality and color as a negative space in her works. The artist consciously accepts randomness and knows that that is an operator of her works. It is in this space that the poetics of randomness and freedom are situated.