I am a Rotterdam-based artist and illustrator. My work explores human connection and nature, often reflecting on memory, curiosity, and the subtle ache of nostalgia. Depending on the project, I work in both digital and analog media.

 

As long as I can remember my parents brought art into my life by taking me to museums, watching films about history and art, and giving me books about artists that we both enjoyed. They introduced me to a wide variety of artists and painters, for example Rembrandt, Van Eyk, Vermeer, Tanaka Ryohei, Kusama, Grayson Perry and many others. This love for art and history is something that I have adopted and still inspires my own art.

 

At the core of my practice lies an ongoing exploration of how we, as humans, love, communicate, act, feel, need and exist. I create works that emerge from personal reflections and encounters, alongside portraits of friends, family members, and strangers. Through these works, I aim to capture both intimacy and universality; moments that feel deeply personal yet widely recognisable.

 

Moreover, I enjoy working commissioned, exchanging ideas with clients, working on illustrations, paintings and portraits that match their goals and my artistic ambitions for the project.

 

Education

 

After graduating from Gymnasium Haganum in The Hague, I completed a Foundation Year at Arts University Bournemouth in England. I later earned a Bachelor’s degree in Illustration from the Willem de Kooning Academy in Rotterdam (2022).

 

In 2023, I undertook an intensive month-long portraiture course at the Charles Cecil Studios, where I trained in the sight-size technique and painted from life.