Why I make art
The process of creating is a deeply human need to express his/her inner world. Everybody does it in its own way. I increasingly discover that the words of Joseph Beuys 'everybody is an artist ' are true. My way of creating is to make art. Live is movement and to be creative and take responsibility for a better world you must come out of the materialistic dependency which keeps you prisoned in certain thoughts, feelings and behaviour. With my art I try to contribute to these processes of changing.
I love to make art outside, especially when it can be made in harmony with nature. Its accessible to everybody and brings culture and nature together. I have a message but for me it’s also important that there is a experience to the senses and I also hope that it brings a smile on your face.
With the tree and hay animals I want to emphasize that we are losing bio-diversity in an alarming pace. We have to act to stop the climate change but we also have to act to stop the loss of biodiversity. It is life threatening and we need to do something.
The tree and hay animals can only live in your imagination. When we lose species in this alarming speed, these species can only live in our imagination but are lost forever.
Look for a short film about the tree-animals: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9babYEvafM&t=5s
and the hay-animals: on:http://www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/2016-06-19/1015132/kunstwerken-kunstschouw-groter-dan-ooit-video#.V2a2BfmLRhE
and https://www.youtube.com/watchv=bUWP6pjjefs and
Take also a look at the book I wrote with a good friend; Change through creating. Go to publicaties.