Ode to our mother Print

I am an artist, art educator and writer, with a strong intellectual and spiritual focus. I am intrigued by the human potential movement and self-actualization. This inspires my art greatly; who people are, what their inner world looks like and how they project themselves in the world outside. I love surrealism, fantasy and fairy tales. I was born and raised in the Netherlands, went to live in Greece in 1985. In January 2020 I published a book "From Art to Empowerment: How Women Can Develop Artistic Voice", an insightful, hands-on workbook that takes women on an empowering journey of self-discovery through artistic expression. At the moment I am in the process of researching the space between art, psychology and spirituality; I am interested in the amalgamation of these three. I am especially interested in the role the imagination plays as a key human capacity and how art-making can foster self-awareness, personal growth and ultimately self-healing. I am developing new teaching material on the subject Art as Self-discovery, and I am making new work on the theme "Enlightened Women", in the sense of "speaking one's truth" (Kant) and ultimate individuation (Jung).