DRAAD (150X130 CM)

Draad (nieuw werk)

Draad (Thread)

Charcoal on paper

150x130 cm, unframed

1500 Euros

This new drawing is on display in Clublokaal during the exhibition Oranje Wortels Elders (OWE) in Breda.

Vandaag is nu (145x94 cm)

Vandaag is nu (nieuw werk)

Vandaag is nu (Today is now)

Charcoal on paper

145x94 cm, niet ingelijst

1500 Euros

This new drawing is part of the OWE exhibition in Clublokaal in Breda.

3 Faced Doll (groot) 2026

Tekeningen op berkenhouten paneel

Shut your eyes (& think of somewhere)

Selfportrait as Venus of the rags

A long time ago, after a visit to the Kröller-Müller museum, my mother made me a miniature version of Michelangelo Pistoletto’s “Venus of the Rags” as "Sinterklaas surprise". This was because of the state my teenage bedroom was in.

As an adult, I am increasingly aware of the weight of my consumer behavior and the inevitable burden of what I leave behind. Yet I have to admit that I hardly change.

The fabric headdress wrinkles, frays and folds into a monument to overconsumption with the sequins and furs as echoes of lost value.
A monument to what I would like to let go of, but embrace again and again.

Unlike Pistoletto’s Venus, I do not avert my gaze, but force myself and the viewer to confrontation while I carry this burden of excess.

Selfportrait of Venus of the Rags has been selected as finalist in the Dutch Portrait Prize 2025 and was on display at Slot Zeist.

Part of the online exposition of the Almenara Collection 2025

Formerly on display in Galarie RRMND in Roermond.

Charcoal and charcoal pencil on paper

70x60 cm (measurement unframed)

2600 Euro (framed & ready to hang)

This drawing is part of the OWE exhibition in ClubLokaal in Breda.

Pressure

Selected for London Art Biennale 2023

Part of the online exposition of the Almenara Art Prize 2024.

Charcoal and charcoalpencil on heavyweight paper.

86x109 cm framed

Available for sale

Charcoal Angels

Two figures, moving from their own unique perspective, seeking connection.

Movements that begin hesitantly gradually become more robust and merge into a shared language made of shapes in which both complement each other.

Based on a children’s art project. Movements that started of hesitant, eventually synchronized and melted together in amazing drawings reminiscent of snow angels.

burnished charcoal on paper

70x87 cm

Framed and ready to hang

Available

Transformer

Transformer; No longer a child, not yet an adult. Geared up and ready to deal with the challenges of the outside world.

For Transformer and Charcoal Angels I used a sanding technique to burnish the charcoal in heavy paper instead of just drawing on the surface. The process is time consuming and labor intensive but it opens new possibilities for detailing and makes the drawing more intense and durable.

Formerly exhibited in Slot Zeist as finalist of De Nederlandse Portretprijs 2023