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Portugal: In very city and village there is a treasure of old buildings and doors with peeling paint and windows with tattered curtains, in a range of colours, all accented with deep shadow....a feast for the eyes. Now I am back in The Netherlands, finded that 'faded beauty' is a bit more of a challenge.

Walls, Doors and Windows

(2003 - 2012)

Portugal: In very city and village there is a treasure of old buildings and doors with peeling paint and windows with tattered curtains, in a range of colours, all accented with deep shadow....a feast for the eyes. Now I am back in The Netherlands, finded that 'faded beauty' is a bit more of a challenge.
The Algarve: long stretches of sandy beaches dotted with small wooden fishing vessels, with the abandoned boats, melancholy and decaying into wrecks, possessing a particular beauty

Water, Boats and Sand

(2004 - 2017)

The Algarve: long stretches of sandy beaches dotted with small wooden fishing vessels, with the abandoned boats, melancholy and decaying into wrecks, possessing a particular beauty
In Portugal, I painted mainly views of the villages and the hills. In Flevoland, it's all about capturing the wide vistas, the flower fields, the clouds and the varigated greens of the countryside. More in detail I love to paint trees and flowers.

Landscape, Trees and Flowers

(1995 - 2025)

In Portugal, I painted mainly views of the villages and the hills. In Flevoland, it's all about capturing the wide vistas, the flower fields, the clouds and the varigated greens of the countryside. More in detail I love to paint trees and flowers.
The beauty of still life painting is that you have the pleasure of rummaging about in flea markets for intriguing objects, arranging them in a composition and then working with the light and shadow, the colours and the textures. Sure, you can look at still life as being dead-still, but on the other hand...

Still Life

(2003 - 2025)

The beauty of still life painting is that you have the pleasure of rummaging about in flea markets for intriguing objects, arranging them in a composition and then working with the light and shadow, the colours and the textures. Sure, you can look at still life as being dead-still, but on the other hand...
My subjects: Dogs devotedly wagging their tails, cats purring contentedly, chickens scratching in the yard, birds, colourful fish, an emu, a llama with an unexpected look in the eye. In short, the wellspring of my joy in painting.

Animals

(1980 - 2025)

My subjects: Dogs devotedly wagging their tails, cats purring contentedly, chickens scratching in the yard, birds, colourful fish, an emu, a llama with an unexpected look in the eye. In short, the wellspring of my joy in painting.
In the 80's, I painted many abstract work, but then turned my attention to realism. Nowadays however, you can still find a touch of the abstract in my figurative work.

Abstract

(1992 - 2023)

In the 80's, I painted many abstract work, but then turned my attention to realism. Nowadays however, you can still find a touch of the abstract in my figurative work.
I have painted a few portraits, both from life and from my imagination, but it's never really been my thing.

Portraits

(1966 - 2025)

I have painted a few portraits, both from life and from my imagination, but it's never really been my thing.