Tess
Everybody is shocked, also Tess, a model with who I work for a few months. On March 6, when she comes to my studio to work, she carries a protest board with her. After our session she is going to a demonstration against the war on the Dam.
Ukraine
On 24 Feb 2022 Putin launches his attack on Ukraine. I am shocked and in tears. I sympathise a lot with the Ukrainian people, who want freedom and democracy.
I work with nice peaceful Russians in Amsterdam for a long time, who I love.
In the afternoon I paint a Ukrainian flag which I put in the window of my studio.
Sketches
Structure of psyche
Fase 1 in ‘Book of Z.’ Explaining a structure of psyche according to Z. While working on the book, I I put these sketches in front of me on my desk, they help me to stay focussed.
Cosmos
(tempera indigo on paper)
‘Book of Z’
‘Book of Z’ is a project I am working on. ‘Book of Z’ is story, a filmscript and an installation.
In ‘Book of Z’ a young woman tells us about the events in her unusual life. We follow her in the form of a storyboard, with drawings and paintings.
Our main character does not see things in a regular way. This puzzles her, and is a source of worry to her.
She changes form all the time, when she needs to, to achieve her goal, sometimes with ruthless precision.
After many adventures she meets a philosopher, now old, with who she shares her findings. They have a long discussion.
She discovers something about him and about herself. She has to share something with us.
Black Square Dance
(Gouache on cotton paper – 2018)
