Statement
My work explores ambiguity of subjects such as oceans, rivers, landscapes, sometimes a combination of land and water , and figures or animals depicted within a land and water environment.
Photographs, ranging from 60 to 100 years old in combination with sketches and memory and made up environments, serve as a source for much of this work. The history and atmosphere in these photos intrigues me and makes the process of creating these paintings a very rich experience for me. I hope a sense of that will come across to the viewer. Having said that, I am not interested in telling the viewer what to
perceive in my work and prefer their own emotional responses to each image.
I am drawn to subjects with “layers”, either emotionally or actual layers through age or history. I try to convey this feeling through my application of materials on the canvas, such as modeling paste , leaves, soil, etc., acrylic underpainting, mixed media like oils, charcoal, pastel, erasing and building up again.
I prefer to work in series. The process of developing themes for these series takes a fairly long gestating time. Usually I stay with a theme for 5 to 8 years.
Art is most important in my life and I feel that my mixed ethnic background (German, Dutch, Indonesian) and upbringing in Europe contributes to the sensibilities in my work,
My work explores ambiguity of subjects such as oceans, rivers, landscapes, sometimes a combination of land and water , and figures or animals depicted within a land and water environment.
Photographs, ranging from 60 to 100 years old in combination with sketches and memory and made up environments, serve as a source for much of this work. The history and atmosphere in these photos intrigues me and makes the process of creating these paintings a very rich experience for me. I hope a sense of that will come across to the viewer. Having said that, I am not interested in telling the viewer what to
perceive in my work and prefer their own emotional responses to each image.
I am drawn to subjects with “layers”, either emotionally or actual layers through age or history. I try to convey this feeling through my application of materials on the canvas, such as modeling paste , leaves, soil, etc., acrylic underpainting, mixed media like oils, charcoal, pastel, erasing and building up again.
I prefer to work in series. The process of developing themes for these series takes a fairly long gestating time. Usually I stay with a theme for 5 to 8 years.
Art is most important in my life and I feel that my mixed ethnic background (German, Dutch, Indonesian) and upbringing in Europe contributes to the sensibilities in my work,
