professional training
- 1971 “Academie voor Beeldende Vorming” , Amersfoort , The Netherlands
- 1972-1973 “Vrije Academie”, Laren, The Netherlands.
- 1980-85 “Nieuwe Academie” in Utrecht, The Netherlands
- 1999 – 2005 :annual masterclass by Joce Ciuha in Bled, Slovenia.
1967 University of Amsterdam: M.A. Political and Social Sciences
exhibiitions
1972 solo Zaanstad Hoofdkantoor AHOLD
1982 group Hilversum VARA studio
1983 group Utrecht De Nieuwe Academie
1984 group Utrecht De Nieuwe Academie
1985 group Apeldoorn Centraal Beheer
1986 solo Nijmegen Galerie: In 't Vizier'
1987 solo Nijmegen Galerie: In 't Vizier'
1989 solo Nijmegen Kon. HASKO
1991 solo Beek Gemeente Bibliotheek
1992 solo Persingen Kerkje
1994 group Nijmegen Galerie Alea
1995 solo Wehl Gemeentehuis
1995 solo Zeist Galerie Slot Zeist
1995 group Düsseldorf Galerie EP
1995 group Düsseldorf Galerie Kontraste
1995 solo Nijmegen Het Kabinet- De Vrij
1996 three Amsterdam Galerie Novanta Nove
1996 three Arnhem Galerie Vlasblom
1996 three Rotterdam Galerie IO
1996 two Pannerden Galerie De Pol
1997 two Groningen Galerie Forma Aktua
1998 three Arnhem Galerie Vlasblom
1998 group Nijmegen Galerie Alea
1998 group Mook Wintergalerie
1999 group Beek Kerkje Persingen
1999 solo Beek Kerkje Persingen
2000 group Beek Kerkje Persingen
2000 solo Duiven Kunstkring
2001 solo Nijmegen Het Kabinet- De Vrij
2001 two Groningen Galerie Forma Aktua
2002 solo Arnhem Piet Hoefsloot Goed Wonen
2002 solo Doorn Rhetorica (bedrijfsexpositie)
2004 solo Ubbergen De Palatijn
2004 three Nijmegen Galerie Magenta
2004 solo Wageningen Matser, Interieurs
2005 solo Arnhem Piet Hoefsloot Goed Wonen
2005 solo Nijmegen Piet Hoefsloot Goed Wonen
technic Acrylics on canvas
Charcoal and pastel on paper, acrylics and watercolours on paper.
subjects Free work:
abstract with figurative elements
commissions - e.g. paintings to commemorate to completion of large building constructions
- portraits
resume From 1961 till 1965 I lived in Amsterdam in the house of the painter Joop Sjollema, where my passion for painting was revived. In 1966 I started drawing and painting.
I worked for UNESCO, for DHV Consulting Engineers and for Utrecht University mainly as developmental expert especially in the Third World.
I started making portraits in 1967 and I still do.
My free work shows a slow evolution from figurative towards abstract
My wife and I owned and ran an art gallery in the city of Nijmegen.
The Paris based painter Joce Ciuha influenced me and made me use more vivid colours.
Artists Statement
My motivation
Painting means to me the search for an extra dimension in life and this search is not without danger: the danger that a painting definitively fails, that the extra dimension doesn’t show or refuses to be captured in paint, that my pretensions appear void.
Painting and drawing mean to me also the effort to get into contact with the accidental. There is the accident of lines, spaces and colours which together may produce something unforeseen which might be useful.
I search for what there is to discover inside me and what can be used on the canvas with the risk of finding nothing. My work is essentially about space, structure and colour. The title forms an integral part of the work and should not predispose the viewer.
Painting is to be present at a creative process, an activity in which I myself have a say. The process happens partly outside my influence but I am the initiator and bear the final responsibility. My signature on the canvas (or on the reverse side if it doesn’t fit in the picture) proves this and makes me accountable. Mumbled curses, soft humming and silent despair alternate while I work.
Finally, when the painting is “finished” there is the fortuitous encounter between an unknown viewer, perhaps not even born yet, and my work. By the way, a painting or drawing needs at least one observer without which it isn’t sure whether it exists at all.
I am satisfied when my work evokes something, triggers daydreams, emotions or thoughts.
Dealing with danger when painting is comparable to travelling: the thrill is there when you are doing it but the joy evaporates once you arrive at your destination.
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