Category: Travel & Landscapes
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The Lake Wouldn’t Sit Still
Read more: The Lake Wouldn’t Sit StillWakesurfing, wind, sudden storms and a lake that refused to sit still. The story behind my Lago d’Orta series, from the first painting after wakesurfing to increasingly layered and unruly landscapes.
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Returning to Kunstschouw Zeeland — This Time by Bike
Read more: Returning to Kunstschouw Zeeland — This Time by BikeThis year I return to Kunstschouw Zeeland from the other side: as a visitor, by bike, moving through wind, villages, art locations and open land. A personal note on Zeeland, harbour life and the route that keeps pulling me back.
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French connection
Read more: French connectionThree intense days in Paris, moving between the Dutch Embassy, art schools and workshops, meeting French makers and exploring new connections around craft, art and design.
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Italian landscapes
Read more: Italian landscapesA sunflower theme that did not feel like mine at first led me somewhere unexpected: to small Italian landscapes where the sunflowers gradually became less important than the light, colour and energy around them.
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This summer
Read more: This summerSummers around Lake Orta have their own rhythm: family, friends, wakesurfing during the day and painting in the evenings. A small glimpse into our Italian summers.
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The Story of Iceland
Read more: The Story of IcelandThe story behind my Icelandic Houses series began in the vast landscapes of Iceland, where the seemingly small houses caught my attention and changed the way I looked at their place within the landscape.
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Preparing for Kunstschouw Zeeland 2025
Read more: Preparing for Kunstschouw Zeeland 2025In the weeks leading up to Kunstschouw Zeeland 2025, the exhibition Nature Calling began to take shape, from the work in my studio to the open space of Schuur De Wilde in Scharendijke.
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charcoal landscape 1998
Read more: charcoal landscape 1998A charcoal landscape from 1998, developed through looking at Cézanne’s compositions and translating his shapes and lines into my own rhythm. A fast way of drawing that gave me a new way of looking.