Artist Statement
I am a figurative painter based in Tel Aviv, originally from a small town in the Netherlands. My work moves between still life, landscape, and portrait — though for me, subject matter is secondary. Whether it's a lemon, a face, or a tree, in the end it all comes down to abstract shapes on canvas.
I often find myself questioning what realism really is. We like to think we see and paint "reality," but every painting is just a frozen moment of perception — a mix of observation and interpretation.
I do not aim to explain everything through words. Good painting, I believe, should do most of the talking.
I paint because I have to — because it’s the one constant in my life that never leaves, that I can not go without, even when my focus shifts or the world feels uncertain.
My work is rooted in looking closely: at light, at form, at fleeting moments. You are invited to look too — and take from it what you will.
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