WORK

Most of my work is about the relation between humans and working animals, with a bit of polder landscape thrown in. Some of this work is made in distinct series, usually because of a special exhibition. But there is always some overlap.

2025-2026 Building the herd, a series of animals in oil on paper that I am working on at the moment

Three little pigs, oil on paper 63x91cm
Three little pigs, oil on paper 63x91cm

 

2025 Working dogs, a residency painting huskies in Akureyri, Iceland

Breakfast, oil on paper 56x76cm
Breakfast, oil on paper 56x76cm

 

2023 - 2024 Wereldreis van één kilometer, a cooperation with Marike Schols portraying 20 people in the Tweede Oosterparkstraat, Amsterdam

 

2023 Idylle, some pastoral escapism for a solo exhibition at Museum Jan Boon, De Rijp

Mooi Katwoude, oil on wood 30x70cm
Mooi Katwoude, oil on wood 30x70cm

 

2021 MILK, an investigation into the life of Dutch dairy cattle for a solo at Waterlandsmuseum De Speeltoren, Monnickendam

 

2020 Veilig in de kudde (Safe in the herd), large ink paintings of sheep

Op de dijk, ink on paper 107x200cm
Op de dijk, ink on paper 107x200cm

 

2019 Portrait of a village, graduation project at Wackers academy with lifesize portraits of people and their livestock in my home village Katwoude

Anouk bij de melkrobot (Composition in browns), oil on linen 200x300cm
Anouk bij de melkrobot (Composition in browns), oil on linen 200x300cm