2011 Landschappen (Without Fear) (Diepenheim) I find nature difficult: by itself it is very overwhelming and thousands of artists before me have already tried to match it, tried to be part of it. As an artist you must at least try to get beyond that. I presented small drawings of landscapes for the first time…
2010-2011 Charred Landscapes I walked through the dune woodlands after the fires and made landscape drawings of the places where I had worked before, representing what I saw. My perception works through images, but often they pile up too quickly and become a strain. Then I take the time to draw these images so they…
2009-2010 Preserved Places (Dunes Festival, Schoorl) In 2009 till 2011 a pyromaniac was active in the area around Bergen and Schoorl where I lived and I wanted to make as much drawings of the places there which I loved and also other places which mean a lot to me. The title Preserved Places is reminiscent…
2009 Investigating Light. Trees, 2 Neurologist Frans Cornelissen showed me a documentary about people with dyslexia, visualising the way they often see one letter clearly and the area around the word vaguely. It made me understand why I make my drawings as a combination of details and smudges. At that time I lived in Schoorl,…
