I invite you into my creative journey – an ongoing exploration shaped by curiosity, memory, and the layered depths of imagination.
Seeker – Observer – Amplifier
I see my position as that of a seeker, observer, and amplifier, moving through the world with curiosity toward both the visible and the unseen.
As a seeker, I am drawn to questions, contradictions, and hidden layers of meaning. As an observer, As an observer, I am deeply fascinated by the fragile balance between vulnerability and resilience within human existence, and by the subtle ways in which humanity continues to interact with nature. In both, I perceive a continuous dialogue between strength and fragility, survival and impermanence. As an amplifier, I transform these impressions into visual forms that deepen emotion, thought, and awareness beyond the superficial surface of reality.
Material and Physicality
Since 2017, the interaction between transparent sheets, the canvas of what I consider the contemporary, and the ancient tactile presence of jute has become a central focus within my research. Within this dialogue, transparency and transience, perfection and rawness merge into a layered visual language. The materials begin to resonate as fragmented carriers, symbols of vulnerability, indestructible, and the traces that persist through time.
After a lifetime of searching, experimenting, and moving through different styles, techniques, and visual languages, I gradually arrived at a form in which I truly feel grounded, a visual language that allows me to translate everything that concerns, moves, or fascinates me.
An Ongoing Journey
What lies ahead is no longer the search for another direction, but the deeper exploration and development of this essential core.
This website unfolds as a curated constellation of works, concepts, and an ongoing quest, an entry point into the continuously evolving landscape of my creative journey.
In 1975, I held my first exhibition at sociëteit Het Park. The response was encouraging, there was strong interest, and many works were sold.
This was more than a success; it was a necessary condition for continuing as an artist in a context without social support systems, where sustaining a practice depended directly on public engagement and sales.
This work belongs to a series that marks the result of my first exploration of transparent sheets and jute, where two contrasting materials reinforce each other from their unique physicality