Ludolf Grollé Painter

Raised in Europe and educated in the United Kingdom, Ludolf demonstrated his natural artistic ability early on. Ludolf started painting at the age of 3 and continued to study art throughout his life. Ludolf studied art in London, at both Chelsea and Camden - although his major was in French, English and Philosophy.

Ludolf taught adults in Europe & the United Kingdom - and was an Extra-Mural Lecturer for the University of Wales. After a fairly successful Corporate Career in Banking, Finance and Strategic Business Development - which took him all over the world, Ludolf moved to Canada and married Diane Frances.

Ludolf has lived in Winnipeg since 2002 and turned professional, when he became a Permanent Resident in 2006. Ludolf’s art has been shown in various venues across Europe and the U.S. and his work may be found in over 250 private and corporate collections around the world. Ludolf currently sells his Acrylic Originals on Paper, Framed and un-Framed canvas pieces; starting at below $1,000.

Since turning professional Ludolf’s works have been sold throughout Canada, the USA & Europe, commanding prices of up to $10,000. In the last 3 years Ludolf has donated more than 25% of his total Art Sales Revenue to supporting local charitable causes.

Ludolf does not make reprints; as he believes everyone should be able to own at least one affordable and accessible original work of art, in their lifetime.

Artist’s Statement:

I paint not just what I see , but what I think I feel.

My art is an abstract reflection of what is within me - my heart, my soul; an expression of mood and the contemplative, the art of beauty, laughter, joy and inner-peace; the subliminal and the sublime - the art of how my mind deals with all the external influences that come to play from the influence of both the real and the virtual.

The art of hope and love, the art of living life.

Certainly there are challenges such as pain and fear, despair; nonetheless this negativity is eradicated by the colour, the patterns, the work itself, in the form of my finished pieces.

I am a painter, a romantic, an expressionist, a pre-Simulationist but most of all I am an artist, a human being with a soul.

I live in the hope that what I feel is real.

I live in the hope that my art and my work conveys inspiration.