Life for me is all about discovery and expression. This is one reason why I consider the process of art making at least as important as the final art product. I see painting as an open exploration into life, into myself, requiring investigation, trying out, adjusting, going back and forth, until the work is done. As such, I experience painting as a balancing act between hope and fear, between futile holding on and hair-raising letting go. It is precisely this struggle that is the major challenge and fun of it all! And when I manage to overcome the obstacles the paintings put forth and create something which appeals to me, it is pure bliss. Because the end result remains unknown to me until it is there, it is always a surprise. 

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With my work I wish to inspire and move the viewer. By revealing, through my artwork, how I see or experience life from my perspective I invite the viewer into my world and hope to make him/her see things in a new light. I aim for my paintings to be both bold and subtle, hence interesting when viewed from afar as well as close-up.

Nature, travel and life experiences are my main sources of inspiration. Colour is an important entry into my work.  Other factors that play an important role in my creative process are intuition, experimentation, and layering/subtracting to add depth to the paintings. Ultimately, I react in the moment to what appears on the canvas. My love of variety and variation makes that I create both abstract and realistic artwork, using a range of different types of materials. I often apply a mix of materials in one artwork.

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