After her studies she made name as a painter, in particular of portraits.[2] She ceased painting, however, due to having the Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. Since, she has been writing among others on her Christian belief.
2008 - Martien Coppens, from village boy to city man (with Joep Coppens)
References
^Els Coppens-van de Rijt at Personalia Archived 2010-12-25 at the Wayback Machine(in Dutch)
^Brabander L: Geloven in Nederland. (Dutch for Believing in the Netherlands). Kampen: Kok, 2006, p. 39. ISBN 90-435-1303-2
Further reading
Leo Brabander: Ziekte en lijden voegen iets toe aan ons leven (Dutch: Disease and suffering add something to our lives), book chapter on Els Coppens van de Rijt in Geloven in Nederland. (Dutch: Believing in the Netherlands). Kampen: Kok, 2006, p. 38-43. ISBN 90-435-1303-2
Joep en Els Coppens. Neerpelt: De Dommelhof, 1971.