About

I was born in Bussum, The Netherlands, in 1951, and have been making drawings and paintings since I could hold a pencil.

When I was around ten I started playing with oil paints.

Soon after that, when I was twelve, I had my first exhibition. From then on I took workshops from several  artists over the years.

Furthermore I was in the art academy of Rotterdam where I took lessons from Peter Blokhuis, amongst others.

I am convinced that, as a painter, you always remain a student. You keep on learning something new, from every painting, every time.

And you also learn from every fellow artist. Therefore I have always been both taking and giving workshops. That keeps you fresh.

Besides that I carefully studied all the notes jotted down by for instance Willem de Koning on the subject of painting. And I put them into practise as well, of course. Valuable information, I can assure you. But I read others as well.

I paint both abstract and figurative, for me there is not much difference. It is just a matter of mood.

Also I make photos and videos. When travelling that is very convenient.

My travels have brought me from Egypt to India, and from Argentina to the US. But I have also lived in England and Spain, and visited many other countries.

But especially India is a favourite of mine.  I visited at least 25 times. The beauty of the colors and the mystique, appeal to me in a very big way.

Since 2000 I have a daughter and live again in Amsterdam. But I am also often in Buenos Aires, where I have a studio in San Telmo. I find it a great city with a very rich cultural life.

There is some very good painting going on over there, and I love the latin-american way and bohemian atmosphere.

In the west, bohemian lifestyle is rather out of fashion nowadays. So for the balance, every now and again I go over to Argentina, and paint and live there for a while.