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' , director 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 like, in this case, authority.
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: 983505
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.