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The world we enter in our dreams, at night, is where we process the impressions of what we do, think and experience in the daytime. A tale builds that can not actually be put into words but it becomes visible in elusive images.

Inspired by nature, science and the idea that the world might hold more dimensions than we can imagine, I create a similar dream-world. In this constructed bright coloured world figures are occupied with something that completely absorbs them. Or they might be absorbed in dreamy idleness. They can be in a very recognisable setting, or very strange one. Full of plants or animals for example. Spaces, be they natural or architectural form the ambiance. Playing around with patterns, size and scale results in the combination of images and associations that heightens the alienation. These scenes can have a melancholy atmosphere but can also be full of humor. Images collected over the years are the source for these works full of stories. They come together in drawings and collages.

In the making photography, scanning, computer manipulation, cutting, glueing, drawing and painting is used. The resulting drawings or collages can be the end-product but can also be worked on again. For example with embroidery or paint. Or they are the starting point for a new drawing, for printmaking or painting in which the image can be enhanced with the materials and techniques used. Then, beside the playing around with the visual elements, the materials used will also have a role and the layering that forms the story in the image increases even more.

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Dreamtime Magazine Spring 2020
(magazine of the International Association for the Study of Dreams)