I’m guided by my dreams and subconscious pulls, both fears and desires.
I hold a deep love for stories and abstract processes. I’m passionate about bringing our shared ecological unconscious back into the light.
Nowadays I live in a van and have my home base in the South of the UK. I’m studying to become an ecotherapist, which for me is tightly interwoven with my art and general life philosophy. I did my masters in Sustainable Development in Sweden. My thesis was on ecocentrism, as opposed to anthropocentrism or egocentrism. I interviewed eco-artists and therapists working closely with the local land to bring human consciousness back into the webbed reality of life. You can read my thesis on ecocentrism here.
Growing up I let myself be lured into other realities by magical stories and mysterious fables. Characters that held an edge. A sense of ambiguity, or that nothing was quite as it presented itself to be. Talking animals and spirited nature.
The Dutch ‘Verhalen van de boze heks’ (Stories of the wicked witch) left a visceral mark. So did Watership Down, Bambi, The Secret Garden, LOTR and Harry Potter series.
Experience ⋆⭒˚.⋆
I’ve over 8 years experience working as a technical product design engineer; and more conceptually creating digital illustrations, graphics and animations for various purposes. My favourites include a card game (Wickens), tent trailers which are *technically* foldable homes (Alpenkreuzer), an oracle card set used for coaching purposes (Spekkoek), product lables for herbal products (Sarah Águsta), and various line tattoos in collaboration with tattoo artists.
These projects, and the huge learning curve I’ve been through while calling myself a digital artist, all hold a special place in my heart. I thoroughly enjoyed bundling forces with other creative souls and help their vision come to life.
Digital art is a closed chapter for me. I’m called back to more tangible tools, charcoal smudged hands and paint beneath my finger nails.