Visual Artist | Australia
Creating began for me at the age 4 building a boat at my Dutch uncles Riva Boat factory in Amsterdam. My first gallery visit was age 3, visiting Rembrandt’s Night Watch at the Rijksmuseum… a rather daunting painting for a small child. Studying art and industrial design I quickly found abstract painting was a passion that continues today. A blank canvas becomes a story… the paint, the brush with the subconscious flow, all coming together creating on good days a vibrant abstract story on canvas. Exploring the relationship between colour combinations and texture, working intuitively using large palette knives then paring and scraping back paint revealing glimpses and stories within the larger abstract story. Heavy texture is the focus of the 2017 Paradisaea Series of seven paintings. The series is primarily abstract with the title being the name of the Birds of Paradise, from Papua New Guinea. The series title came after the completion of the works and seeing the colourful abstract birds in flight. Change is a constant in my work and my life with movement the place to live giving new experiences which of course comes alive on the canvas in the studio. Moving my studio from Noosa Heads Australia to Bruges, Belgium and now, back to Australia. Moving forward with a new studio is once again the challenge with a blank canvas.
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Art and Industrial Design at Gordon Tech, Geelong Australia.
Solo exhibitions
2018 Black and White Manyung Gallery, Flinders Australia
2017 Koningen@333 Collins Street Melbourne Australia
2017 Art Fusion BMW MELBOURNE Australia
2013 Art Gent International Art Fair, Gent Belgium
2013 Art & Design Du Fosse, Brugge Belgium
2012 Paintings from a Brugge Studio, St. Kilda Melbourne Australia
2012 No Limits! Just Abstraction Blast Gallery, Paris France (video)
2011 Koningen @ Cultuurcentrum De Brouckere, Torhout Belgium
2011 Duet of Sculptures Hof Van Ryhove Space, Gent Belgium
2009 Un Reve Colore Espaces Loungeatude, Louvain-la-Neuve Belgium
2007 Subconscious Abstraction GC Oude Pastorie, Mechelen Belgium
2006 Embracing Roussillion First Line, Knokke Belgium
2006 Noir et Blanc First Line, Knokke Belgium
2005 Antipodean Reflections Gondwana Gallery, Sydney Australia
2004 Abstract Blues Lynne Wilton Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2004 Exposing Abstract Colour Bark Modern Art, Hong Kong China
2004 Abstract Lynne Wilton Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2003 Abstract Colours Unearthed Lynne Wilton Gallery, Melbourne Australia
2002 Senses Come Alive Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa Heads Australia
2001 Palm Beach Art, Sydney Australia
1999 Colours Regent St Gallery, Sydney Australia
1997 Mediterranee Series Boab Gallery, Brisbane Australia
1996 Following a Passion, QuisQaulis Art Space Brisbane Australia
Group Exhibitions
2016 Quint Essence, HLP Galerie, Cologne, Germany (video)
2016 Mitchell Contemporary, Palm Springs USA
2015 Windsor Contemporary Art Fair, Windsor England UK
2015 Mitchell Contemporary Aspen & Vail, Colorado USA
2014 Mitchell Contemporary Aspen & Vail, Colorado USA
2010 2 x Brugge in Koekelare, Gemeentebestuur van Koekelare Belgium
2010 Shine Keune kapel, Koksijde Belgium
2010 Quintessence-Actions Colours Jan Garemijn zaal Belfort, Brugge Belgium
2009 Quintessence 09 Jan Garemijn zaal Belfort, Brugge Belgium
2009 Shine Museums Alfons Blomme, Roeselare Belgium
2008 House of World, Dubai UAE
2008 Retail City, Dubai UAE
2008 Quintessence Jan Garemijn zaal Belfort, Brugge Belgium
2005 Nocturn Art & Antique Art Fair, Knokke Belgium
2005 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair , Exhibition Buildings Melbourne Australia
2004 Melbourne Affordable Art Fair, Exhibition Buildings Melbourne Australia
2004 Sydney Affordable Art Fair, Sydney Australia
2002 Freedom of Spirit Landscape & Destiny, Hong Kong China
2001 Norton Gallery, Sydney Australia
2000 Trevenen House Gallery, Brisbane Australia
1998 Riverworks Gallery, Noosa Heads Australia
1998 Hyatt International Hotel, Coolum Australia
1998 Fairmont Resort Blue Mountains Resort, Sydney Australia
1998 Hilton Hotel, Sydney Australia
1997 Arte Padova, Padua Italy
1996 Arte Padova, Padua Italy
1996 Gallery Conigliano, Conigliano Italy
1995 Qdos Gallery, Lorne Australia
1995 Jackman Gallery, Melbourne Australia