Restless Essence

About the Artist

I am an artist based in the Netherlands.

Returning to painting was not a new beginning, but a continuation of a lifelong search for truth, depth, and something genuinely felt.

My paintings are created instinctively, without sketches or predetermined compositions. Working with acrylics, oils, texture pastes and spray paint, I build each work through layers, allowing the painting to develop through an ongoing dialogue between intuition and material.

I often paint with my fingers, using direct contact with the surface to respond to the movement, texture and energy of the work. At other times, I use brushes or other tools when the painting calls for a different kind of expression. The process is physical and intuitive, but never entirely uncontrolled: I follow what emerges and make decisions along the way.

Rather than depicting places or figures, I paint inner landscapes. Nature becomes a language for experiences that cannot easily be spoken — mist gathering over a valley, light breaking through rock, forests breathing after rain, or flowers emerging from darkness.

At the heart of my practice is the duality of the human experience. I am drawn to the tension between opposing states: movement and stillness, intensi...

The Holy Art Amsterdam
Amsterdam Open Art
Oct/nov 2026