Wendy

About Wendy Buiter

Artist, entrepreneur, single mom of two (one is a disabled child) plant-based since 2001. I love good vegan food but I don't like cooking :-)
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3D Collectable Figurines; muses to carry with you as a bag charm or keychain!

By |2026-02-20T20:54:09+01:00February 20th, 2026|Artist Life|

I Am Exploring Something New From Painting to 3D Figurine / Keychain / Bag charm. And Why I’m Testing This First! The past few weeks I have been experimenting. Not in my studio with paint, but with AI. Out of curiosity I transformed one of my painted muses into a small 3D keychain figurine. Glossy resin. Gold hardware. Miniature scale. Same eyes. Same attitude. Just palm-sized. I posted it. And something interesting happened. The response was immediate. Messages. Comments. Questions.“Can I buy this?”“When will this be available?”“I need one.” That reaction made me pause. Because this wasn’t a planned product launch. It started as exploration. But [...]

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Why I Became an Artist: Autonomy, Femininity and the Power of Presence

By |2026-02-14T18:42:56+01:00February 14th, 2026|Art, Artist Life|

The Moment I Chose to Become a Full Time Artist People often think becoming an artist is a romantic decision. For me, it was not romantic. It was necessary. I had always been creative, but the real turning point came in 2014. That was the year I stepped away from the company I had built over ten years. From the outside, it looked like a bold career change. From the inside, it was survival and clarity at the same time. At that time, I was a single mother of two young children. One of my children needed intensive medical care. Life [...]

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Art as a reflection of Its time: On women, presence and contemporary portraiture

By |2026-01-18T09:24:35+01:00January 18th, 2026|Art, Artist Life|

Art as a Reflection of Its Time On Women, Presence and Contemporary Portraiture Art has never existed outside of time. Every era leaves its imprint, not only in materials or technique, but in what is depicted, how it is portrayed, and what is considered worthy of being seen. My work is inseparable from the moment in which it is created. Art and the Spirit of an Era Throughout history, art has functioned as a silent witness to cultural shifts. From classical portraiture that affirmed power and lineage, to modern movements that challenged norms and authority, art has always reflected how [...]

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What Is an Original Masterpiece in Art? Meaning, Value & Investment

By |2026-01-15T10:32:40+01:00January 15th, 2026|Art, Collectors’ Chronicles|

What Is an Original Masterpiece in Art? A Masterpiece is called a Masterpiece because it is the original work. The source. In many cases, limited editions or art cards are created from a Masterpiece, but the Masterpiece itself always comes first. It can be compared to a photographic negative as used in the past. Without the negative, no image exists. Without the Masterpiece, there is no origin. An original Masterpiece is therefore fundamentally different from any reproduction, edition, or print. It is the one and only work from which all other forms may later derive. How a Masterpiece Is Created Each [...]

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Personal Art Advisory

By |2026-01-11T19:39:38+01:00January 11th, 2026|Art|

Personal Art Advisory On choosing work that belongs Choosing art is rarely about taste alone. It is about proportion, presence, and the quiet authority a work brings into a space. A painting does not simply occupy a wall. It alters how a room is read, how it is entered, and how it is experienced over time. This is why the selection of a work deserves the same level of attention as any other significant decision within an interior. A considered approach Through my Personal Art Advisory, clients are invited to share a photograph of their interior via WhatsApp or email. [...]

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On restraint, repetition, and the discipline of an oeuvre

By |2026-01-05T17:56:08+01:00January 5th, 2026|Artist Life|

In a culture that rewards novelty, restraint is often misunderstood. It is mistaken for limitation, caution, or a lack of imagination. In reality, restraint is a choice. A deliberate narrowing of the field in order to deepen it. An oeuvre is not built through constant reinvention. It is built through commitment. The courage to stay Repetition is frequently framed as something negative. As if returning to similar forms, themes, or figures signals creative stagnation. Yet the opposite is true. Repetition is where intention becomes visible. To return to the same subject again and again requires discipline. It means resisting distraction. Resisting [...]

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Why my original paintings are becoming more valuable in the age of AI

By |2025-12-29T16:31:57+01:00December 29th, 2025|Art, Artist Life, Studio Stories|

I have been working as a full-time artist for over ten years. Day after day, I am in my studio, working with paint, chalk, and my hands. I paint women, faces, gazes, postures, not because they need to be beautiful, but because they carry something. Strength, softness, distance, desire. Often all at once. My work is created slowly. Layer upon layer. Sometimes with certainty, sometimes through doubt. I use my hands to feel where a painting wants to go, where it resists, where it opens up. The process is physical. Tactile. Unrepeatable. Recently, I have been working intensively with AI. [...]

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From Paint to Presence – a.i. and art

By |2025-12-28T16:56:09+01:00December 28th, 2025|Art, Artist Life, Studio Stories|

On translating my paintings into hyperrealistic portraits through AI Creativity has never been static. Throughout art history, every new medium, oil paint, photography, film, digital tools, has challenged artists to redefine authorship, originality, and intent. Artificial intelligence is simply the next threshold. In my practice, painting always comes first. Each portrait begins as a hand-painted work: layered, intuitive, emotional. My muses are not representations of existing people, but imagined presences — women shaped by atmosphere, elegance, strength, and inner life. They exist first on paper or canvas, through brushstrokes, color, and abstraction. Recently, I began exploring what happens when these painted muses [...]

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Introducing The Cultured Companion

By |2025-12-26T14:41:55+01:00December 26th, 2025|Artist Life|

An Artist’s Perspective on Presence, Connection, and the Elegance of Shared Experience. For many years, my work as an artist has revolved around one recurring theme: how humans move through the world, emotionally, aesthetically, socially, and how we shape meaning through presence. My painted muses exist in carefully constructed worlds of elegance, depth, and quiet strength. They mirror what I believe: that beauty is not just something we look at, but something we inhabit. And the way we inhabit the world, alone or together, changes everything. Over the past decade, as I worked, travelled, raised my children, and explored life both [...]

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