Dream Painting

One day not being able to paint makes me very restless. Turning my creativity into music releases that tension. But only for a short time. In the years in which I didn't need much and I only had mine and my cat's mouth to feet I was in the rich position to paint almost as much as I wanted. In those years I lived for one year in the very inspiring city of Berlin, Germany. Here I fully lived for my art and made the switch from Acryl to Oil paint. I learned a lot and met a great number of other artists. After this year I came back to my roots in Holland. Soon my live turned black. I became in bad health conditions, had a hopeless love life and was depressive. In this period I dedicated my artistic life to the "Defecating Man". The naked man who had an central role in my paintings and sculptures. With these artworks I had great success in Nijmegen, my home-town at that time, and surroundings. With several exhibitions around Holland and one in Bonn, Germany. Now I have found the love of my live. I Married her and together we've made a beautiful daughter. Although my life has improved I often can be sad, angry or depressed. Due to the fact I am highly sensitive and have had some bad experiences in the past I am seeing the events around me with big emotion. This is what I think has made me an artist. For me the definition of art is reflecting a feeling or thought trough all the artistic media. In my case it is oil paint and sculptures of plastics. I want to tell my story, my thoughts, my love and my frustrations. Not with words, I am no writer or singer. But with the talent I have been given by birth and have learned to develop. Since I was just a little child I knew I wanted to be an artist. This was probably due to the fact my father was a professional illustrator and I clearly inherited his talent. My parents always encouraged me to develop my talent. During my childhood I was always drawing pictures. Occasionally I have learned the painting skills by my father. But drawing was what I really loved at that time and what give me a interested audience. I loved the attention. In the years following I have made paintings in many different styles. From abstract, where I learned the strength of well mixed colors, good composition and well balanced shapes, to photo realistic with enormous tiny color variations in wet oil paint. And from landscapes in unrealistic colors on DIN A5 to graphic art with screen printing.