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Realistic
Landscape
During the years I lived in Africa I fell in love with the African landscape, in particular that of the Great African Rift Valley with its rugged escarpments and soft rolling hills, the endless open space of the savannah, the red earth, beautiful lakes and wildlife. This series is about that landscape. Most of these paintings were made with water colour paint, with which I worked for some time.
Scenes of Nature
These semi-realistic/abstract paintings are works on paper made on the basis of hikes in nature around my home town in the Netherlands. They include collage assemblages made of pieces of deliberately torn up acrylic artwork, as well as paintings about water scenes made with soft pastel.
Abstract
Experimentations
These paintings were made either as part of mini-series, or in pairs, or as stand-alone pieces. What binds them is that they are all experimental works that inquire into composition, value, colour, mark making/texture, form and line, rhythm and movement.
Butterflies
The paintings in this series are about transformation, a vital aspect of the magic of the creative process. They are about courage, patience and trust, all elements required for the process to unfold naturally. They stand for joy, lightness and freedom in creating, for longing and fulfilment through transformative creation.
