Habitats
For a long time inspiration was found in the many travels I made and the different ways of housing that people show in different countries. Though reality is often the starting point, most of the work is the result of my own fantasy. Habitats can also be made in assignment..
dated 2010 until 2018
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Black rock village
2018In this art work the color of the drifwood that represents the rocks is the color in which this material was found on the beach.
Everybody left
2018In this work of art the emphasis lies on the contrast between the block shaped slum village and the organic shaped rocks that are partly made out of bark.
On rocks and trees
2018The art work 'On rocks and trees' is a combination of the way of working as used in works like 'Scattered' and that of 'White wood village'. In the first one rocks make the background where in the second trees are.
Rectangular close up
2018This work is a variation on earlier ' Rectangles' in the way this one is aproached in close up.
Scattered
2018'Scattered' is the result of an assigment in which the client decided the sizes and had some saying in the choice of colors, adapted to her interior.
Woodrock
2018In Woodrock the use of colorfull shacks becomes less important than the rocky landscape that actually is only a background.
Calcutta
2017The approach of Cacutta differs from earlier work in the way this is more realistic. The shacks have been build out of more and more different , worthless, materials. The colorful strips have now become subservient to the other materials.
Cyber punk city
2017Cyberpunk is a subgenre of science fiction in a futuristic setting that tends to focus on "a combination of low life and high tech" featuring advanced technological and scientific achievements, such as artificial intelligence and cybernetics, juxtaposed with a degree of breakdown or radical change in the social order.
The beauty of chaos
2017I wonder how many people, just like me, see a lot of beauty in slums, absolutely not denying the misery of an exsistance like this!
Hanging roofs
2017In 'Hanging roofs' for the first time fabrik is used for the roofs of the shacks.
The block
2017Where the representation first was enclosed by a black frame, the whole now makes a closed block.
Living on poles
2017'Living on poles' is a variation on the earlier art work 'Pile dwellings'.
Manila screens
2017As expected the emphasis on fabric is growing.
mountain village
2017A piece of drifwood, washed ashore on Bonaire, represents the mountain like background of a small slum village.
Mountain wall
2017With large pieces of driftwood it looks as if the slum village is part of one big mountain wall.
Mumbai
2017In the work of art 'Mumbai' for the first time there is more emphasis on the use of fabric. This development is expected to go on as from now.
A closer look
2017The same theme (slums), approached in another way.
Tribute to M.C.Escher
2017In response to the stairs in 'Shades of yellow' , the following piece is a tribute to the famous Dutch graphist Escher.
Pile-dwellings
2017Pile-dwellings represents a small village that has been build on piles against a rock wall.
Rio
2017The art work "Rio' combines details that, one after the other, have had the emphasis in earlier works.
Shades of yellow
2017In 'Shades of yellow' the way of presenting, as it was started in 'A closer look', is continued.
Up high
2017After making hanging art works for years, finding a beautiful piece of driftwood triggerd me to make a three dimensional work again.
Connected
2016In the work "Connected' the standing parts of the frame are connected by a bridge, build out of slums and organic materials.
Downtown
2016Downtown represents a modern town with skyscrapers.
Sky scraper
2016Sky scraper offers so many details, it can hardly be conceived anymore.
Split half round
2016In Split half round the piled up slums are presented in a geometrical shape.
Stairways to heaven
2016Stairways to heaven symbolises the fact that every man/woman follows his/her own path through life.
Laundry day
2016In the art work 'Laundry day' the washing lines are given a special emphasis in the centre of the whole.
White wood village
2016White wood village represents a little village, consisting of shacks, in a wild forrest.
Cuba
2016In this work several apects of Cuba, being architecture, culture,economy and politics are brought together
Haveli
2016A Haveli is the home of a rich merchant in Radjastan, India. Examples may be found in the town of Jaisalmer. This work is a larger variation on a earlier made Haveli.
Shacks and ladders
2016Shacks and ladders represents a village that is build against the rocks, consisting of shacks that can be reached through ladders.
Jungle temple
2016As the title says, this work represents an old temple, covered by the jungle.
Ksar
2016A Ksar is a collection of Kasbah 's that together make a traditional Moroccan village (Ksar). Everything is build in the adobe technique, which means earth is mixed with straw and the blocks, made of this material, are baked in the sun.
black edged village
2014A variation of the earlier made black edged town.
bridge
2014The connection between right en left is supported by organic shapes.
first corner
2014In this work the slums make the corner of what could be a square shaped tower.
Halfpipe
2014' Halfpipe ' continues what was started with 'Rectangle' in the way the slums are presented in a more geometrical shape.
Rectangle
2014'Rectangle' is the first work within a series that presents the shags in a more geometrical shape.
Rectangle 2
2014Rectangle 2 is a variation on Rectangle in the way slums are larger and the work is a bit smaller and less deep.
slum connection
2014The left part of the frame is connected with the right side by a number of slums.
two quarters
2014The slums in this work a build in a combination of a quarter of a square and a quarter of a cylinder.
Water village
2014'Water village' represents a small, village build on pillars in the water.
white wood
2014White wood represents a small village that is build completely in the trees of a forrest.
pinched in
2013Note: The price, shown in Euro's, should be read as dollar-price.
In the wood.
2013In the wood is the first work made in 2013 and mainly consists out of organic materials.
Tech city
2013Tech city represents a small slum town that is mainly build out of technical parts.
Laundry day
2013The name 'Laundry day' speaks for itself when you watch this work.
open rectangle
2012Open rectangle is a variation on the earlier made 'Rectangle'.
Timber town
2012Timber town is mostly made out of wood and tropical plants.
On the rocks
2012This work represents a small slum village, build against the rocks.
Harbour village
2012Harbour village represents a small harbour village, seen from the seaside.
Metropolis
2012Metropolis was inspired by (the poster for) the movie that was made in the 20th century by Fritz Lang. It represents a future town. This work is meant to be hung in a corner of the wall. Note: the prices in Euro's have to be read as Dollar-prices ($)!
Slum quarters
2011Slum quarters represents two tower shaped quarters, one of which is completely build out of organic materials and the other isn't.
Cathedral
2011Cathedral was inspired by Gaudi's Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, but doed not represent it.
Little Babel
2011Little Babel represents a small vrersion of the tower of Babel, but now completly made out of slums.
Favela
2011This work, Favela, is the starting point for what will later become the most characteristic work within the theme '' Habitats'.
Kasbah
2011A Kasbah is a North African building for several families to live in. Often it is build in the adobe technique, meaning that it is made of the local mud, mixed with straw.
Desolate
2011' Desolate ' represents a completely desolate village by night.
Shellcatraz
2011Shellcatraz represents an old refinery that was rebuild to be a prison.
Donjon
2010A Donjon is a defence tower within a castle. This work is partly made of burned wood.
Haveli 2
2010A Haveli is a house, build by rich merchants in India.
Hidden temple
2010Hidden temple shows the remains of an old temple, covered by plants, as you might find it in the jungle.
Flag temple
2010Flag temple mainly finds its inspiration in Tibet, where many buildings show flags and pennants.