Anne-Fieke Later (1967)

Coming from a family of painters and musicians, art played a prominent role in Anne-Fieke Later’s life from an early age.

As a young child, she loved to draw, though at the time she did not yet realise that she would eventually choose to make a living from her art. During her teenage years, she studied at the School of Drama in Amsterdam and regularly performed as a jazz singer in her twin brother’s band. Ultimately, acting and singing led her to her true passion: painting and creating pastel drawings.

She experienced this as the ultimate way to express her innermost feelings and ideas, and she decided to dedicate herself fully to her artistic practice.

This decision led to a fascinating and surprising journey in which both realism and symbolism play an important role. This is particularly evident in Later’s Tweekunst (translated as Twinart) project. Together with her twin brother, composer Eugène Later, she succeeded in combining music and visual art. Their aim was to create the music and the painting simultaneously, seeking a harmonious dialogue between the two disciplines.

Following her work on the Tweekunst projects, Anne-Fieke began creating pastel drawings inspired by animals.

In 2025, she returned to painting and initiated the project Guardians of Nature & Wisdom, of which the first painting, Queen of Peonies, has been completed.

Guardians of Nature & Wisdom is an ongoing painting series in which female archetypes are portrayed as custodians of natural and spiritual knowledge. Each work is a timeless portrait that refers to what seeks to be protected, remembered, and passed on.

The women are not individual figures, but embodied forces. They represent aspects of nature, wisdom, and responsibility that may once again be brought into view in our time.

The circular panels enhance the cyclical and archetypal nature of the work.