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I am a painter exploring both landscape and the human figure through a phenomenological approach.

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I begin by preparing a board with a white base coat. Once it dries, I apply a layer of black or brown paint. From this darkened surface, I gradually reveal the image by lifting the pigment, allowing light to emerge. My technique is thus based on removing rather than applying paint. It is a subtractive process

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My work is deliberately ambiguous. The many intersecting lines prevent the viewer from seeing with certainty what is represented. Because of these fine, overlapping marks, the image can appear slightly different each time it is viewed. I find this compelling, as it creates a dialogue between the viewer and what is seen. We often think that we stand outside what we see, but in fact we are part of it. For this reason, I try not to paint fixed images but encounters — moments that come into being through the act of looking.

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My artistic journey began more than thirty years ago at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. Alongside my artistic practice, I also studied development economics and have worked for many years as an independent expert in international development. This work has taken me to numerous countries across Africa, Asia, and beyond — experiences that continue to shape my way of seeing the world.

What once felt like two separate paths now appears connected. Both painting and fieldwork are rooted in observation — in recognising patterns, relationships, and the balance between presence and absence. In both, the focus remains the same: looking closely and trying to make sense of what lies beneath the surface.

My paintings have been shown in temporary exhibitions at the Royal Academy of Arts in London and the Dulwich Picture Gallery. I am represented by Babette Claassen Fine Art at art fairs in the Netherlands, and my works are on view at Klare Lijn in Leiden and Montulet Galerie in The Hague.

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Selected solo and group shows:

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​2025: Oegstgeest Art Gallery

2024: Laaren Art Fair (Babette Claassen Fine Art)

2024: Royal Academy of Art, London , UK (Summer exhibition)

2023: Mokum Gallery, Amsterdam (summer show)  

2023:  Kunst RAI Amsterdam (Mokum Gallery) 

2023: Royal Academy of Arts, London, Summer Exhibition

2023: Gallery Zone, Leiden, Netherlands

2022: Arthus Gallery, Brussels, Belgium

2022:  Katwijk Museum,   Netherlands

2021:  Montulet gallery, Den Haag, Netherlands (ongoing)

2018: London County Hall - London, United Kingdom

2014: Dulwich Picture Gallery - London, United Kingdom

2013: JP Art Gallery, Battersea, United Kingdom

2012: Cavaliero Finn Gallery / AAF - London, United Kingdom

2009: Gallery Bergamoff - Brussels, Belgium

2008: Hicks Gallery - Wimbledon, United Kingdom

2007: Gagliardi gallery - London, United Kingdom

2006: Quantum gallery - London AAF - London, United Kingdom

2005: Quantum gallery - London AAF - London, United Kingdom

2004: Gallery Chapter 12 - Brussels - Brussels, Belgium

2003: Gallery of the European Commission - Brussels, Belgium

2002: Gallery BLABLA - Brussels, Belgium

2001: Gallery Arthus - Brussels, Belgium  

1999: Resonans Gallery- Gent, Belgium

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