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Commission: Portrait of the Theologian of the Fatherland

One of my colleagues at the marketing departement of VU University asked me to take some portraits of Katya Tolstaya, who was chosen as Theologian of the Fatherland recently. Katya’s wish was to pose in […]

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New articles in my Society6 shop:

New articles in my Society6 shop!I took this image of a green, rusty and peeling window shutter in Venice last February and it seems perfect for furnishings, pouches and totes. Tote Desk mat Credenza This […]

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Slow Art Party: Encircle

This week’s shape in the Slow Art Party was Encircle. You can clearly see why Amy choose this word for this shape. We just made simple brush strokes in watercolour in a circular movement and […]

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Slow Art Party: Row

This week’s pattern in the Slow Art Party was Row. You can clearly see why Amy choose this word for this pattern. We made simple brush strokes in watercolour in a straight and elongated movement […]

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Bookmaking: Finished journal with kraft paper

Oh yeah, I had a lot of fun making my first book for The Art Journal Project with Michelle Schratz. I used up a little of the enormous heap of kraft paper that I’ve been […]

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Commission: Capturing performance of ‘Fragile Earth’ by Antjie Krog

Over the last few weeks I had four photography commissions, in this blogpost I’ll give you an impression of the last one which took place on Saturday, 15 April. I captured the performance of the […]

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Slow Art Party: Orb

This week’s botanical pattern in the Slow Art Party was Orb. I don’t remember why Amy choose this word for this pattern, maybe it refers to the round shapes of the leaves. First we wet our small […]

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Commission: Public event ‘On Sacred Nature’

On 30 March, 2023 the Faculty of Religion and Theology at VU University organized the public event ‘On Sacred Nature’ at Rialto VU. “We invited famous religious scholar Karen Armstrong, Planetary Health Professor Pim Martens […]

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Slow Art Party: Rise

This week’s pattern in the Slow Art Party hosted by Amy Maricle was Rise. We just made elongated brush strokes in watercolour in either a straight or wavy line very slowly. Her brush would usually […]