My cities
When you look at my works of towns and cities you will see that they are not new but once upon a time they were and you can see traces of what was once there. There is decay and debris, buildings slant or lean back, sometimes even seem to be upside down.
My creative process starts with taking photographs of interesting buildings I edit these by mirroring, morphing, removing background or rotating if that produces a better image.
For the final work I make prints of the edited photographs with an inkjet printer on glossy plastic sheets which are transferred onto a large sheet of drawing paper (or another medium), while the ink is still wet, resulting in a slightly diffuse print. This is the way I produce the foundation for my works.
Details are drawn in pen and ink. I then connect buildings, lower rolling-shutters and add ladders. I change areas to make them seem to have been demolished or collapsed spontaneously.
Through this process my town and city views change and grow. In my mind I walk around in the picture, up and down stairways, climb over debris, hang on a rope ladder; like in a film or dream I can imagine myself in a new story at every corner.
CV
1952 Born in The Hague
1991-1994 Hoge School voor de Kunsten Utrecht, NL : Graphic Design
2009-2014 Nieuwe Akademie Utrecht
exhibitions
2023 Putten - Kunstkelder
2022 Nunspeet - Veluvine
2021 Amersfoort - De Ploegh
2021 Münster(de) - Haus der Niederlande - (together with Justyna Pennards-Sycz and Anna Belleforte)
2020 Almere - Splijtbakateliers
2019 Gladbeck (de)- Alte Spedition
2019 Velp - De Nieuwe Ruimte
2019 Schouwenduiveland - Kunstschouw
2018 Stadsmuseum - Harderwijk (solo)
2018 Huntenkunst - Ulft
2018 Galerie ZeeuwArt - Renesse
2017 Ulft - Huntenkunst
2017 Buggenum - Open Poortendag
2017 Gladbeck (de) Alte Spedition
2016 Nunspeet - Veluvine
2016 Ulft - Huntenkunst
2016 Steenwijk - Galerie Steenwijk
2015 Gladbeck (de) Alte Spedition
My creative process starts with taking photographs of interesting buildings I edit these by mirroring, morphing, removing background or rotating if that produces a better image.
For the final work I make prints of the edited photographs with an inkjet printer on glossy plastic sheets which are transferred onto a large sheet of drawing paper (or another medium), while the ink is still wet, resulting in a slightly diffuse print. This is the way I produce the foundation for my works.
Details are drawn in pen and ink. I then connect buildings, lower rolling-shutters and add ladders. I change areas to make them seem to have been demolished or collapsed spontaneously.
Through this process my town and city views change and grow. In my mind I walk around in the picture, up and down stairways, climb over debris, hang on a rope ladder; like in a film or dream I can imagine myself in a new story at every corner.
CV
1952 Born in The Hague
1991-1994 Hoge School voor de Kunsten Utrecht, NL : Graphic Design
2009-2014 Nieuwe Akademie Utrecht
exhibitions
2023 Putten - Kunstkelder
2022 Nunspeet - Veluvine
2021 Amersfoort - De Ploegh
2021 Münster(de) - Haus der Niederlande - (together with Justyna Pennards-Sycz and Anna Belleforte)
2020 Almere - Splijtbakateliers
2019 Gladbeck (de)- Alte Spedition
2019 Velp - De Nieuwe Ruimte
2019 Schouwenduiveland - Kunstschouw
2018 Stadsmuseum - Harderwijk (solo)
2018 Huntenkunst - Ulft
2018 Galerie ZeeuwArt - Renesse
2017 Ulft - Huntenkunst
2017 Buggenum - Open Poortendag
2017 Gladbeck (de) Alte Spedition
2016 Nunspeet - Veluvine
2016 Ulft - Huntenkunst
2016 Steenwijk - Galerie Steenwijk
2015 Gladbeck (de) Alte Spedition