I am a Dutch visual artist working in a continual movement between figurative and abstract art.
Faces are a powerful way to reveal human expression. Through them, I explore layeredness, authenticity, rawness and depth. In my portraits, paint is built up and softened again, textures gather and dissolve, and a presence slowly takes form. I am interested in what becomes visible when surface and interior meet.
My abstract works are different in nature. They feel like worlds manifesting: spaces that unfold through gesture, pressure and transparency. Layers overlap, conceal and reveal. The image is not illustrated but discovered.
These two directions belong to one rhythm in my practice. The intensity of the face informs the openness of abstraction; the openness of abstraction returns to the next face. Moving between them keeps the work alive.
Teaching has grown alongside my studio practice since 2015. Supporting others in their creative development is deeply connected to how I experience art myself. Creative work touches something essential and often vulnerable. I care about creating a space where people feel encouraged to explore, to deepen, and to grow in a direction that is truly their own.
From my studio in the historic center of Zutphen, the Netherlands, I continue this movement. Allowing each work to find its own depth and form.