I’m born in 1960 in the Netherlands near the see and I studied architecture and interior design at the technical university in Delft. 

At the moment I live in Kleve in Germany. I work on interior renovations and styling projects in the Netherlands and in Germany. Doing so I discovered that many people were having questions about the right piece of art or were uncertain about their own taste or judgment. And also: where to find a work of art that was not confronting and nevertheless had its own character? So I started to fill out that niche . I began to paint and rediscovered my love for painting, as I did for many years till I became an architect. 

The last 10 years I developed myself as an artist with all kind of courses and open atelier sessions. I’m most fascinated by human forms, abstract compositions and the way colors become alive. In my painting process I focus on a direct and intuitive touch to find a minimalistic composition. I use colors that strengthen each other, also by using different layers.