During my study at the Rietveld Art Academy I became also proffesional rock climber by doing World competitions and breaking records for the Dutch levels..After graduating the Art Academy in Amsterdam, I travelled a lot to interesting climbing areas. In Amsterdam I had my studio, in nature I found the beauty, colours, power and also (because of my climbing ambitions) the challenge and danger... I became a proffesional climbing guide and was 7 times Dutch climbing champion. The raw and beautiful landscape was a continuing source of inspiration. My canvases are a translation of what I feel for Mother Earth. I never catch the landscapes on a technical, cognitive way. It's more an intuïtive, open state of mind. To let the paint speak for itself. It's how I climb in unknown rock formations; I try to read the structure and follow where it is taking me.