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October – “Direction”
After contemplating the sense of rhythm in my art practice, the thought about direction came up almost inevitably. Where to go? What to reach? A straight line ahead, or venturing out and coming back to home base? A long trip or short, spontaneous ones? I’m one of those people who walk into a store and…
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April – “Light”
If you live in the northern hemisphere, you’ll notice the days getting longer. The light getter stronger, creating a different kind of shadow on everything it illuminates. Light – both its presence and absence – is a fascinating thing. I learned to see the different kinds of light and shadow when I started reading photography…
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March – “Touch”
Last month’s theme made me very aware of how much I naturally gravitate towards a dream-like state of mind. Being aware of that, inevitably makes you aware of what is being ignored; the real world. 🙂 As always, a balance is needed in order to maintain ones mental health. What I’ve found is that I…
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February – “Dreams”
I dreamt that I forgot to come up with a theme and in my panic posted something so totally out of it like “pigeons”. Then I woke up and figured yeah, dreams. Why not! There are dreams, and then there are dreams. There are the dreams where we are about to become astronauts while studying…
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Painted sketches
In my latest YouTube video I did some painting, based off some sketches I did during a live figure drawing session. Yes, that’s a lot of words to basically say; I painted some stuff. Next to painting I also like talking to my microphone, so if you need some artistic company during your own creative…
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January – “Flow”
I woke up this morning and there was snow outside. For someone who doesn’t like cold, I have a weird love for white fluffy ice. I don’t know why but it felt like the start of the day I really needed today. Image in the header is by Matt Hardy Flow, right? I chose it…
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Live figure drawing sessions in Zeist
Last year I started hosting monthly live figure drawing sessions in Zeist. What a joy! It’s been so great getting out and doing what I love together with other creatives. If you’re in or around Utrecht, Zeist or Bilthoven/De Bilt come join us! We usually have a smaller group so it’s not as crowded as…
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“Stillness” – my 2025 exhibition
In October 2025 I did my latest exhibition in my hometown of Zeist, the Netherlands. We enjoyed the wonderful musical company of Janneke Moes and her choir MusiCanta. As always, I have an online exhibition ready for those of you who couldn’t join me. It’s available in both Dutch and English. I had a great…
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“Phantom II & III” (“Phantoom II & III”)
40×30 cm, charcoal and pencil 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…
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“Phantom I” (“Phantoom I”)
24×30 cm, charcoal and pencil 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…
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“Gravity” (“Zwaartekracht”)
20×25 cm, oil on panel (2025, sold) 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…
