Category: Thoughts
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I Thought I Had to Find an Artists’ Collective
Read more: I Thought I Had to Find an Artists’ CollectiveSomething with a name For a while, I thought I had to find an artists’ collective. Or an artists’ association. A foundation. A partnership. A network. Something with a name, a board, a shared agenda and probably also a newsletter I would then have to read properly. But the longer I professionalise my art practice,…
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What do we actually call nature?
Read more: What do we actually call nature?Nature and human spirit. I keep returning to that thought, because I am not sure where one ends and the other begins. A dune, yes. A forest, yes. A bird, certainly. But a human being? A village? A city? A row of houses along a road? A swarm of people moving in the same direction…
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MY OUTDOORSTUDIO IN A HIDDEN PLACE
Read more: MY OUTDOORSTUDIO IN A HIDDEN PLACEMy outdoor studio lies in a hidden garden, surrounded by water, greenery and chickens that have no interest in art unless it is edible. It is a place where looking and working begin to merge, and where the work is allowed to emerge without pressure.
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After Kunstschouw — What Stayed
Read more: After Kunstschouw — What StayedAfter Kunstschouw Zeeland, I reflect on rhythm, selection and the experience of showing layered bodies of work in public space. A journal entry on compact series, intuition and artistic presence.
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Life drawing at 4Bid Gallery, Amsterdam
Read more: Life drawing at 4Bid Gallery, AmsterdamA life drawing session at 4Bid Gallery in Amsterdam, where rhythm, speed, and charcoal drawing opened space for movement, contrast, and artistic freedom.
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artist writer collaboration
Read more: artist writer collaborationAnd who is Hare, really? Between presence and transformation, something begins to move. In this literary reflection, the hare speaks as a guide through inner landscapes, where boundaries dissolve and hidden parts come into form.
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Magical Realism in My Work
Read more: Magical Realism in My WorkMagical realism shapes how I translate inner experience into image. Through symbols, layered surfaces and intuitive appearance, my work moves between what is visible and what is felt.
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A Woman and a Hare
Read more: A Woman and a HareBetween human and animal, something emerges that cannot be easily named. In this blog, I explore the relationship between a woman and a hare, not as a story, but as an inner movement. The hare appears, observes, and remains. What follows is not an explanation, but an encounter in which something becomes visible that was…
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inspired by Kunstmaand Ameland
Read more: inspired by Kunstmaand AmelandI am not there, yet I feel connected. In this piece, I reflect on the next Kunstmaand Ameland and the quiet pull of landscape, where art, stillness and my own way of working come together.
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Podcast about my art studio
Read more: Podcast about my art studioA moment inside the studio, seen through another’s eyes. In this podcast, I open the space where I work, between indoor and outdoor studios, movement, animals and material. What unfolds is not just a place, but a way of working and being present within it.
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Kunstmaand Ameland mijmeringen
Read more: Kunstmaand Ameland mijmeringenNovember in Ameland Een eiland in de luwte. Waar de wind over schelpen waait en kunst aan de duinen blijft hangen. Kunstmaand Ameland is zo’n moment in het jaar waarin tijd vertraagt en en je lekker kan ontdekken. Hoewel ik er dit jaar geen onderdeel van ben, voel ik me toch verbonden. Verbonden met het…
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new oil painting series
Read more: new oil painting seriesSomething new is taking shape, slowly, layer by layer. In this blog, I share the early stages of a new oil painting series, where images are not yet fixed but still unfolding, searching for their form within the process.