Life and work
Landmarks & Breakpoints in the development
Het bruidspaar, 1962
Eggtempera on hardboard, 122x165
Reference: 622001
First painting on a larger scale. Painted in selfmade eggtempera. Also
forerunner of the metropolis series of the eighties and nineties.
Vivre sa vie (Ana Karina), 1963
Gouache and pastel crayon on paper, 47x35 cm
Collection: the artist (not for sale)
Note: Nana in the film 'Vivre sa vie' of Jean Luc Goddard
Reference: 636002
First drawing with strong personal style characteristics. My discovery
of abstract values in a portrait without losing the psychological content. The main
character features done in black are henceforth characteristic in my work.
Nude, 1964
Oil on paper, 100x78 cm
Reference: 644001
This expressionistic, colourful nude is the first one of a long series. Heavy, black
contours, a reduced colourscheme and open, transparent volumes are characteristic.
Provo meisje, 1964
Pastel crayon on paper, 65x50 cm
Reference: 645004
Archetype of my figuration. Graphic image combined with other technique,
introducing volume.
Seated nude, 1964
Ink on paper, 65x50 cm
Reference: 645011
Expressionist pendrawing in ink on paper. One of the first in a long
series.
Womans bust, 1966
Oil on paper, 100x75 cm
Reference: 664008
Imaginary portrait in oil on paper served as a basis for large format
heads in the late seventies and eighties.
Man in blue room, 1971
Oil on linen, 151,5x122 cm
Reference: 712501
One of the first single figures that is placed in a context, a basic
interior.
Seated woman in leather jacket, 1977
Ink and photocollage on paper, 65x51 cm
Collection: The artist
Note: Original drawing was starting point for a long series of drawings and
paintings with this theme.
Reference: 775001
First example of the collage technique in combination with drawing in ink. Archetype of
a woman on a high chair. Most common subject in my work henceforth.
Seated woman, 1979
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x116 cm
Collection: the artist (not for sale)
Note: first of a long series
Reference: 792501
First painting in highly personal graphic style. In essence a direct
translation of a collage and ink drawing to large format oil and acrylic on cotton.
Yellow executive, 1980
Oil and acrylic on linen, 150x116 cm
Collection: the artist (not for sale)
Reference: 802501
First achievement in a dynamic personal style, bringing together execution and content.
Brakethrough after a difficult and unproductive period of seven years in which I struggled
with style-elements foreign to me.
The legitimate regime, 1983
Oil and acrylic on linen, three panels each 200x150 cm
Reference: 830105
First of the tryptichs exploring great themes on the origins and abuse of authority, like, in this case,
the legitimate regime. Governments that entertain us with sports and wargames, keeping the society hostage in a dome of false pretensions.
Breaking through the rainbow, 1989
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 200x150 cm
Reference: 890301
First in the metropolis series, symbolising the modern, dynamic,
kapitalist world without limitations.
Saudades do Brasil, 1989
Oil and acrylic on cotton, !50x116 cm
Reference: 892504
First on the theme of the environment, tropical forests and the
disappearance of great animals.
De hoed maakt de vrouw, 1989
Phototransfer, ink and colour pencil on paper, 65x50 cm
Collection: Private collection, Madrid
Reference: 895009
Variation on the collage and ink technique, with photo-transfers.
Streetscene,
1998
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 166x98 cm
Note: Three panels
Reference: 982505
New development with figuration placed in the background through the
application of nearly monochrome colourwashes. Prominence of narrow vertical white lines
and the usage of seperate panels within the painting.
Belphoebe, Chastity, grace and courage,2003
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 150x200 cm
Reference: 032001 A series inspired by "The faery Quenee" the icon of the renaissance literature by Spenser, published in 1590 - 1596. Spenser considered his work "a historical fiction" which men should read for "delight" rather than "the profit of the ensample". The Faerie Queene was written for
Queen Elizabeth to read and was dedicated to her. Al-Nakba, Long shadows nr. 1, 2007
Oil and acrylic on cotton, 120x180x4 cm
Reference: 072212 Paintings based on historical photographs from 1948 refering to the Palestinian Nakba.
The blue man,2007
Digital photocollage, 6 colour print on HP Premium Plus Satin photopaper,59,7x75,26 cm
Reference: 077004
The use of street photography in the assembly of photocollages
Demolition 9-11,2008
Oil on cotton, 180x240 cm
Reference: 082202
Political issues that convert the western world in a prison for a brainwashed populace.
She (La signora di tutti), 2014
Oil and pastel crayon on cotton,120x180x5 cm,
Reference: 143301
Paintings in a realistic style based on screenshots of the cinema.
De baadster van Rembrandt van Rijn gezien in het Rijks Museum,2017
Oil and pastel crayon on cotton,180x120 cm
Reference: 172201
Famous women stepping out of their paintings. The use of pastel crayon for the main character on a backdrop in thin oil paint on cotton.
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