Category: Finished work
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“Upside Down”
Read more: “Upside Down”30×40 cm, oil on panel (2025) On October 11, 2025 I will be exhibiting my work, together with the choir performance composed by Janneke Moes. I’d love to show you my body of work for this project, in the upcoming weeks. More details and purchase information can be found at the bottom of this page.…
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Painting Camille Claudel’s “l’Homme Penché”
Read more: Painting Camille Claudel’s “l’Homme Penché”I had a wonderful time with you all during the two live streams where I painted the bulk of this tiny panel. I finished it with an extra 1,5 hours of work that I recorded as well. And it’s done now! This is one of my favourite sculptures by Claudel, although it’s hard to choose.…
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A Whisper of Hope II
Read more: A Whisper of Hope IIWhen the darkness becomes the canvas on which an image will come to life, you look at things differently. Darkness makes your eyes search for the one thing to focus on. Any recognisable shape or form. Your pupils dilate to allow whatever light there is, in. In that darkness, something takes shape. It takes a…
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A Whisper of Hope I
Read more: A Whisper of Hope IAs much as I struggled with the concept of hope in the early stages of this project, the more clear it became to me what a privilege it is. To have the place, the time and the safety to consider such things. My one figure looking to the left, their hand open, asking: “Where do…
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A Whisper of Hope III
Read more: A Whisper of Hope IIIWhen we started this project, I must honestly say, I was blank. It scared me a little because I’m usually overcome with images. But this idea of hope left me uncomfortably empty. One thing I’ve learned over the years, is that it’s fine to sit with things that make you uncomfortable. Not everything needs pulling…
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Nocturne
Read more: NocturneIf all your hopes were condensed into one single symbol, what would it be? An object, a sound, a touch or a smell? You bring that thing to mind, in times when you need it, and it gives you peace. You recognise it, saying “it’s going to be ok”. My mother’s hands are that to…
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Scherzo
Read more: ScherzoI dance in my head. I move and jump and pirouette, while the tempo increases. It’s a bridge between the countless hours of silent thought, and the uncomfortable act of actual physical movement. It breaks downward spirals and other thought-traps. A faster pace, that takes you by the hand, past all the things that seem…
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Vox
Read more: VoxDoes hope have a voice? It might a weird question coming from someone who’s project is named ‘a whisper of hope’. If one can whisper, it has a voice no? If hope has a voice, would it be the voice of the present? The voice that says “all is well now, don’t worry.” Or, “all…
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Largo
Read more: LargoIf you had to think of a posture, that would visualise this time in your life, what would it be? Not the smile you put on when people come through the door. Or the sit-straight-shoulders-back-attitude at work. But the way your soul sits, while you move through life in all these different forms. What would…
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Prelude
Read more: PreludeListening. It’s a skill. I can feel the thunder of rhetoric pushing against the back of my skull. And my hands itching to move dramatically in conjunction with words. I turn them, palms facing up, an unusual pose that might distract them. Shhh, stop it, don’t talk! Listen. In 2023 I created a body of…