Featured Artist
Raisa Zwart:Start With One Place You Love
Raisa Zwart is a Dutch photographer who is always by the sea. Her coasts, orange groves and cactus walls are printed and framed by Helm + Oar. Start with one place you love, and let the wall grow when your taste does.
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Bring home a Raisa Zwart moment
Each piece opens with its frame already selected. Pick your size, and it arrives ready to hang.
“Absolutely stunning art - the photography, how it’s framed and everything about it. My 2nd piece I’ve purchased for my home!”
Abi G. · Verified buyer
“I bought photos for our home and loved them so much that I bought more for our medical practice. They are quality pieces and bring each room together!!”
Allie H. · Verified buyer
“Makes my entryway feel like I’m in Southern California!”
Kirsten L. · Verified buyer
I. The artist
Meet Raisa Zwart, photographer from the Netherlands
Raisa Zwart is a travel, brand and portrait photographer from the Netherlands. She works around the world, and she says she is always by the sea.
On her way to becoming a lawyer, she found photography. She calls it love at first sight. She also works with a medium format camera, chosen for the timelessness and quality of the pictures.
Her stated aim is photographs that endure a lifetime, and longer. She invites people to fill an empty wall with the places they love, from colorful alleys to seascapes at golden hour.
Oranges, photographed in Ourika, Morocco.
II. The places
Where the photographs were made
Raisa Zwart works around the world. These four places show how far one wall can travel.
Santa Teresa, Costa Rica
A coastal town on the Pacific side of Costa Rica, and one of Raisa’s home bases. Five photographs in our collection were made here.
See the Santa Teresa pieces
Marrakech, Morocco
In the artist’s words: a close up of a well known scene in Marrakech, with cacti in front of pastel colored walls.
See Coral CactusThe Algarve Coast, Portugal
Golden cliffs rise above a sandy beach and a deep blue sea in The Portugal Coast, bathed in warm natural light.
See The Portugal Coast
Sayulita, Mexico
Board Shack lines up colorful surfboards for the next wave. Mamacita sets a row of tall cacti against a warm terracotta wall.
See MamacitaIII. The moment
Santa Teresa Mornings: the first piece on a wall that grows
Seabirds soar above rolling Pacific waves and a rocky shoreline, beneath a softly glowing sky. The palette is muted ocean blue, warm stone and delicate peach.
It is a calm photograph that does not ask a room to change around it. That makes it a good first piece, and an easy one to build on when you are ready for a second place.
People rarely choose it for the birds. They choose it for the slow morning it holds, and for what that morning means to them. The wall around it may change. This photograph moves with you.
IV. Santa Teresa
Santa Teresa wall art: four moments from one coast
Four photographs made in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, from a quiet morning to a playful afternoon. Hang one, or add the next when you are ready.
V. At home
Travel wall art for the living room, and beyond
Sun-warmed, relaxed and a little adventurous, these photographs make a room feel lived in and well traveled.
Start with one
Hang a single piece where you pass it every day, like a hallway or the wall above the sofa. Size it to about two-thirds of the furniture below it.
Add the next place
A second photograph from somewhere new can share the wall with the first. Keep the frame the same, and the mix looks planned.
Let it move
Taste changes, and rooms change with it. A frame you chose years ago can move to the entryway, the bedroom or the guest room and keep working.
VI. The whole collection
Every Raisa Zwart print
12 photographs, shown in a mix of frames. Every piece comes in Black, White, Hickory and Heritage Walnut.
The Endless Frame®
One frame. Multiple works. Stored inside.
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What collectors say about Raisa Zwart
“I absolutely love the picture and the quality is superb!”
Mary J. · Verified buyer
Not the cheapest, but happy with the quality and build of this print.
Very happy I bought this! Great addition to my home
You've got me as a fan for life! Honestly love my art! Thanks!
Made by Helm + Oar
Printed and framed, one at a time
Every Raisa Zwart giclée print is made to order by Helm + Oar. That means no warehouse of unsold art, and a lighter footprint for the artist and for us.
Each frame is hand-crafted from solid White Oak, with UV-shielding Crystal Acrylic glass, and arrives ready to hang.
Good to know
Questions about Raisa Zwart
Who is Raisa Zwart?
Raisa Zwart is a travel, brand and portrait photographer from the Netherlands. She describes home bases in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica, and the Netherlands. Her photographs are printed and framed by Helm + Oar.
Where can I buy Raisa Zwart prints?
Helm + Oar offers her photographs printed and framed to order. Choose a Heritage Walnut, Black, White or Hickory frame, then pick your size.
Which Raisa Zwart prints are surf photography?
Between Sets and Boards On Board were made in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica. Board Shack and Little Blue are also surf photographs, from Sayulita, Mexico, and Las Terrenas, Dominican Republic.
Which Raisa Zwart prints are Costa Rica wall art?
Santa Teresa Mornings, Between Sets, Boards On Board, A Better View and Do Not Disturb were photographed in Santa Teresa. Birds Of Paradise was photographed in Nosara.
How are Raisa Zwart prints made?
Each one is a giclée print made to order by Helm + Oar. It is framed in solid White Oak with UV-shielding Crystal Acrylic glass.
Which frame suits a Raisa Zwart print?
Heritage Walnut warms the blues and greens. Black sharpens the black and white pieces. White keeps a coastal room airy, and Hickory feels relaxed and natural.
Your turn
Start with one place
A slow morning, a trip you still think about, a coast that felt like home. Find the photograph that holds it, and add the next one when you are ready.
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