A Stage for the Soul: The Evocative Landscapes of Ellen Kooi Ellen Kooi, born in 1962 in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, is a Dutch artist whose work exists in a captivating space between photography and painting—a realm where reality and fantasy intertwine. Her large-scale panoramic images are not merely depictions of landscapes; they are meticulously constructed narratives, imbued with a sense of theatricality that draws the viewer into a world both familiar and unsettling. Kooi’s artistic journey began with studies at the Academie Minerva in Groningen, followed by postgraduate work at the Rijksa…