Jolijn - 2011
Thomas - 2011
Mirco - 2010
Dirk - 2010
Cock comes from the beach - 2010
Winter beach - 2008
Lake - 2010
Marcella - 2009
Paul - 2009
Do I know you? - 2010
Selfportrait in sailing gear - 2009
Selfportrait - 2006
Sitting model - 2007
Stroke of genius - 2007
Trawler in Tvøroyri - 2010
Shipyard - 2011
Harwich 3 - 2010
Loading a containership - 2009
Harwich 1 - 2008
Harwich 2 - 2008
Containership - 2008
Tugs in Hamburg - 2008
Leaving Harwich - 2009
Full moon at sea - 2008
Welcome to my website!
My paintings are presented in three groups. First, people are an important source of inspiration. In isolation or in relation to their surroundings or to other people, it is always a challenge to get them on paper or canvas. My ideal is to convey the emotion I feel while contemplating a model.
In the second group you find pictures of ships. I have a long fascination for ships and water, being an enthusiastic yachtsman myself. Ships trigger my imagination. Their strength, colours and elegance hold the promise of crossing seas and landing on foreign coasts. I search for the basic forms and colours of ships, while leaving parts of the subject to the imagination of the spectator by putting them in shadows or cutting them out. In 2008, I started a new series of containerships that offer new challenges to contrast the huge and the small, the new and the old and bright and subdued colours.
I also find inspiration in my immediate neighbourhood, which is the subject of the third group. I live in Amsterdam, a city that is a warehouse of captivating urban landscapes. The late 19th century quarter where I live has become an important element in my work in recent years. The Ceintuurbaan is a broad street lined with old plane trees hanging over the traffic. The Ceintuurbaan series (acrylic paint on canvas) is growing gradually.