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Filled Emptiness are vast landscapes, where immense mysterious spaces, which can no longer be found here in Belgium with its small-scale, densely built-up plots of land, take shape. Spaces as a metaphor for loneliness, an open mind that sees fullness: Filled Emptiness

ZEELAND / WORLD IN BLUE

(2022)

Filled Emptiness are vast landscapes, where immense mysterious spaces, which can no longer be found here in Belgium with its small-scale, densely built-up plots of land, take shape. Spaces as a metaphor for loneliness, an open mind that sees fullness: Filled Emptiness

Protest flags are used worldwide as powerful visual symbols to express discontent, resistance or a cry for help. They serve as a striking means of communication to show solidarity.

PROTEST WITH FLAG

(1999 - 2022)

Protest flags are used worldwide as powerful visual symbols to express discontent, resistance or a cry for help. They serve as a striking means of communication to show solidarity.
If you work with your hands a lot, you will eventually experience discomfort and pain. If you work with your hands a lot, you will eventually experience discomfort and pain. Warm hands and/or feet, sometimes combined with a burning sensation, can occur as a standalone complaint. Often it is not a skin disease but a disorder in the vascularisation or innervation of the extremities, caused by neuropathy or other causes.

MY HANDS

(2010 - 2021)

If you work with your hands a lot, you will eventually experience discomfort and pain. If you work with your hands a lot, you will eventually experience discomfort and pain. Warm hands and/or feet, sometimes combined with a burning sensation, can occur as a standalone complaint. Often it is not a skin disease but a disorder in the vascularisation or innervation of the extremities, caused by neuropathy or other causes.
Sleeping problems during the night, commonly known as insomnia, include difficulty staying asleep, waking up frequently, or early morning awakening, often resulting in daytime fatigue, irritability, and poor concentration. Underlying causes include stress, anxiety, pain, medical conditions (e.g., reflux, sleep apnea), and poor sleep habits. Effective management involves improving sleep hygiene, such as maintaining a consistent schedule and a dark, quiet, cool room. According to AI

SLEEPING PROBLEMS

(2016 - 2022)

Sleeping problems during the night, commonly known as insomnia, include difficulty staying asleep, waking up frequently, or early morning awakening, often resulting in daytime fatigue, irritability, and poor concentration. Underlying causes include stress, anxiety, pain, medical conditions (e.g., reflux, sleep apnea), and poor sleep habits. Effective management involves improving sleep hygiene, such as maintaining a consistent schedule and a dark, quiet, cool room. According to AI
A crowd is defined as a group of people who, due to their numbers, are unable to move away or flee. This is always open to interpretation, but festivals, sports stadiums and street parades, for example, always seem to fall under this definition. I am also part of this crowd. You never think about that. We are too busy trying to figure out which category the people around us belong to, and too busy forming prejudices.

MASS - CROWD

(2011 - 2016)

A crowd is defined as a group of people who, due to their numbers, are unable to move away or flee. This is always open to interpretation, but festivals, sports stadiums and street parades, for example, always seem to fall under this definition. I am also part of this crowd. You never think about that. We are too busy trying to figure out which category the people around us belong to, and too busy forming prejudices.

Poverty is the father of revolution and crime. Revolutions? Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, etc. In Europe too, you see small and large marches of malcontents every week: in the banlieux of Paris during Sarkozy, the green shirts under Macron. The result of growing inequality. For some people, everyday life has become unaffordable.

Protest - Revolution from the series

(2001 - 2016)

Poverty is the father of revolution and crime. Revolutions? Israel, Palestine, Lebanon, Iraq, Syria, etc. In Europe too, you see small and large marches of malcontents every week: in the banlieux of Paris during Sarkozy, the green shirts under Macron. The result of growing inequality. For some people, everyday life has become unaffordable.

As a new resident, you often feel a mixture of excitement and stress, with feelings such as curiosity about new opportunities, but also sadness, homesickness, isolation due to missing the old and the unfamiliarity of the new, and even fear of the unknown, which can weigh on you for weeks or months until you feel at home, get to know your neighbours and find a routine.

NEW INHABITANTS 2012

(2012)

As a new resident, you often feel a mixture of excitement and stress, with feelings such as curiosity about new opportunities, but also sadness, homesickness, isolation due to missing the old and the unfamiliarity of the new, and even fear of the unknown, which can weigh on you for weeks or months until you feel at home, get to know your neighbours and find a routine.

Loneliness is not the same as being alone. For example, you can feel very connected to someone on the other side of the world, but you can also feel very lonely while surrounded by other people.

SOLITUDE 2009

(2009)

Loneliness is not the same as being alone. For example, you can feel very connected to someone on the other side of the world, but you can also feel very lonely while surrounded by other people.

The fragmented pictures are an attempt to grasp the last disappearing archaic world of silence- rest of people and animals in harmony with nature( as a part of nature). These are threatened worlds of growing urbanisation by growing noise and traffic, advancing stone, housing and damaged relations between humans. These are the threatened worlds. The fragmented form should be understood as vanishing – volatile- dissolving.

FILLED EMPTINESS unique worlds

(1998 - 2024)

The fragmented pictures are an attempt to grasp the last disappearing archaic world of silence- rest of people and animals in harmony with nature( as a part of nature). These are threatened worlds of growing urbanisation by growing noise and traffic, advancing stone, housing and damaged relations between humans. These are the threatened worlds. The fragmented form should be understood as vanishing – volatile- dissolving.

The oppression of women in the 21st century is perhaps more multi-faceted and developed than it has been historically. Gains in women’s rights have been products of the protracted struggle of women and anti-sexist allies over the centuries, but these gains have not ended the oppression of women. On average women make about 30 percent less than what men make for the same job, hours and skill level. Women of color make even less on average than white women.

WOMEN IN OPPRESSION

(2006 - 2025)

The oppression of women in the 21st century is perhaps more multi-faceted and developed than it has been historically. Gains in women’s rights have been products of the protracted struggle of women and anti-sexist allies over the centuries, but these gains have not ended the oppression of women. On average women make about 30 percent less than what men make for the same job, hours and skill level. Women of color make even less on average than white women.

In our century, there is a turnover of people all over the world, the possibility of travelling exists, even over long distances, which creates many difficulties. The newcomers are not always wanted in the safe environment where they want to go. Humanity is experiencing dramatic times. Meanwhile, nothing has improved, only worsened and become more widespread. Should this be in a world with so many resources and a heightened awareness of responsible people?

REFUGEES

(2002 - 2024)

In our century, there is a turnover of people all over the world, the possibility of travelling exists, even over long distances, which creates many difficulties. The newcomers are not always wanted in the safe environment where they want to go. Humanity is experiencing dramatic times. Meanwhile, nothing has improved, only worsened and become more widespread. Should this be in a world with so many resources and a heightened awareness of responsible people?

Brave new old Worlds

(2000 - 2024)

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

CLIMATE CHANGE from the series

(2006 - 2023)

Climate change refers to long-term shifts in temperatures and weather patterns. Such shifts can be natural, due to changes in the sun’s activity or large volcanic eruptions. But since the 1800s, human activities have been the main driver of climate change, primarily due to the burning of fossil fuels like coal, oil and gas.

Health

(2011 - 2023)

The series are called ‘The Walk’ because they are mainly inspired by the walks she took and is taking with her husband Wil. He has to walk daily due to health reasons.

THE WALK

(2004 - 2023)

The series are called ‘The Walk’ because they are mainly inspired by the walks she took and is taking with her husband Wil. He has to walk daily due to health reasons.

About 473 million children currently live in conflict zones, which is more than one in six children worldwide. The effects of war are devastating for children, as evidenced by the stories of children from countries trying to overcome their war experiences.

CHILDREN IN WAR

(2004 - 2023)

About 473 million children currently live in conflict zones, which is more than one in six children worldwide. The effects of war are devastating for children, as evidenced by the stories of children from countries trying to overcome their war experiences.
The symbolism of light. Light is a prerequisite for seeing. It is so obvious that we are rarely aware of it .It makes visible but remains unnoticed itself.

THE LIGHT - SYMBOLIC from the series

(2001 - 2018)

The symbolism of light. Light is a prerequisite for seeing. It is so obvious that we are rarely aware of it .It makes visible but remains unnoticed itself.

Warning: this is a dark page in history, pitch black. In april 2010 the Gulf of Mexico turned black. The Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig used by the BP oil company, exploded and almost 5 million barrels of oil escaped into the ocean.

CATACLYSM where the end begins from the series

(2010)

Warning: this is a dark page in history, pitch black. In april 2010 the Gulf of Mexico turned black. The Deepwater Horizon, a drilling rig used by the BP oil company, exploded and almost 5 million barrels of oil escaped into the ocean.
Are works that hold the memory, the memory of every day. It can sometimes seem banal, fascinating, extreme, disturbing or poetic, but it is part of life. What is art if not an attempt at conversation with the viewer through the image.

VIRTUAL WORLDS a diary

(2002 - 2025)

Are works that hold the memory, the memory of every day. It can sometimes seem banal, fascinating, extreme, disturbing or poetic, but it is part of life. What is art if not an attempt at conversation with the viewer through the image.
For 4 years, I lived on the island of Bonaire a part of the Leeward Islands, part of the Caribbean Netherlands. Unforgettable! The coral beaches, the sea and the space were of a distinct beauty : the colourite breathtaking.

BONAIRE unforgettable

(2002 - 2008)

For 4 years, I lived on the island of Bonaire a part of the Leeward Islands, part of the Caribbean Netherlands. Unforgettable! The coral beaches, the sea and the space were of a distinct beauty : the colourite breathtaking.