Time seems to rush by, as swiftly as the wind that drives the clouds away. In the past, on small-scale farms, cows and bulls often roamed outdoors. Calves sometimes stayed with their mothers for longer. Production was smaller, and there […]

A gaze so tender, soft and pure,a mother’s heart beats strong and sure.Be it sheep, human, creature small,in love we bind, both great and small. I was outside, standing among the sheep in the meadow, simply observing. Then, my eye […]

The painting “Little food for the chaffinches” offers a poignant glimpse into the relationship between humans and nature. At its heart lies an extraordinarily ordinary scene: a water jug filled with clear water and fresh orange slices, a croissant, and […]

My love for swans began years ago when I created paintings to raise awareness about the cruel practice of swan catching, which, fortunately, has been banned since 2017 (see my story on swan catching*). Since then, I have continued to […]

The painting Veiltails is a tribute to the beauty and elegance of this remarkable variation of the ‘common’ goldfish. It was born from my love for animals and my desire to raise awareness about the well-being of all fish kept […]

Do we, in the Netherlands, generally live in a world where abundance seems a given? This is a question I often ask myself as an artist. Take croissants, for example: during my childhood, you could only buy them at the […]

While jackdaws and collared doves are thriving in the Netherlands, the house sparrow is struggling. Since 1990, the house sparrow population was reduced by half, leading the Vogelbescherming Nederland, or Dutch Society for the Protection of Birds, to place this […]