Society is a shared reality that people construct as they interact with one another. Our interaction, group dynamics, desires and expectations are the pieces of the puzzle of how we shape our surroundings. Social media, politicians, convictions. My paintings are based on being human within society today and visualize my questions about what this might mean to me. Looking at mankind, interpreting parallel realities and technical inventions. I’m inspired by street-art, literature, philosophy and sociology. As technique I use pencil and oil paint on canvas. For more info click here.

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HAPPENING NOW:

A Wunderkammer Exhibition @NDSM Fuse:

The theme of the exhibit is “Connect the dots” with this exhibition I wanted to show my collection of paintings through the years (2022-2025) and the inspiration and quotes that describe the questions or statements I have come across while being on this journey. It’s been an nice challenge to explore what my art is about and try to express it in new ways. The exhibit takes place at the Wunderkammers of NDSM Fuse, open 8.00-18.00 every day till May, free entrance.

The large painting called UP/The Air was created in 2022 for BIG Art and explores how our lives, ambitions and dreams are UP/The Air when war, pandemics and climate change take over. The painting “in the middle”, 2024, is the other large painting and explores the interactions and visibility of people. Cervantes quote of Don Quixote “When life itself seems lunatic, who knows where the madness lies” and Samuel Beckett’s “Try again, Fail again, Better again, Or better worse, Fail worse again” describe the questions or statements I have come across while being on this journey. Douglas Adams wrote a book “A hitchhikers guide to the galaxy” in which mankind is searching for the answer to the meaning of life, the universe and everything else. At the end of the book there is a message from the gods to mankind: “We apologize for the inconvenience.” And when life is too challenging, and one needs to chill, there’s another quote from his book “When the sea is above the clouds”, an improbability, and inspiration for my painting “Float”. And of course there’s a disco ball, ‘cause in the end life’s a party?


When the sea is above the clouds, float 80×100

55×70 oil on canvas


BIG ART: 27-29 sept 2024 11.00-18.00 SLOTERVAART Louwesweg 6


NDSM Fuse New Babylon group exhibit:






Animation “Swipe right, swipe left”:


THE BLACK & WHITE COLLECTION:

pieces of a puzzle 80×100