About me
I’m a Dutch artist, currently living and working in northern Norway, where I find inspiration in the beautiful nature of the arctic north.
I studied animation at the artacademy in Breda, the Netherlands and graduated with my drawn animationfilm ‘Volgens de vogels (According to Birds)’.
Since then I have been working as illustrator of childrens books as well as creating my own picturebooks.
Northern Norway
As I child I dreamt of exploring snowy mountains, icelakes and endless forests. When I travelled through Scandinavia for the first time in 2009, it felt like coming home to a world I had never knew existed, but had always dreamt about.
In 2017 me and my husband, who works as a marine biologist, decided to move to northern Norway to build our life here.
The nature of northern Norway is an endless source of inspiration for my work. I love to spend time outside in nature to sketch and paint, surrounded by the fjords and the mountains.
Technique and materials
I mainly work with watercolours on aquarelle paper. I really enjoy the process of painting with watercolours and the beautiful and sometimes unexpected effects that this material creates. I also use a range of other materials, such as acrylics, guache, ink and graphite pencil. I enjoy experimenting with different materials and techniques and to combine things together to create an authentic feeling in my work.
