3 June 2009 Thangka streetpainting. To welcome the Dalai Lama in the Netherlands

On Thursday June 4 the Dalai Lama visited the Netherlands at the RAI in Amsterdam. Together with 4 other artists I painted the 8 Auspicious Symbols at the entrance of the RAI. The design of the Thangka is created by Carmen Mensink.

Project ‘Schuttingtaal’

This project was an initiative of the ROC/KAN together with Amsterdam World Book Capital in the spring of 2009. The ROC/KAN is a school for adults who have difficulties with reading and writing. For the project six artists (in contact with Kunstenaars&co) were selected to guide the course members in the workshop. The project was a workshop of three days in which the course members painted their thoughts and feelings about having difficulties with reading and writing. The challenge was to give a visual expression to this feeling. The end product was a series of ‘sandwich’ boards (see picture) created by the course members. With this product the ROCKan wishes to increase the attention on low-literacy. “It was a great experience to participate in this project. The course members were very enthusiastic and so creative. I made me think about the difficulties these people have to go through”.

Mijn Passie in een Kassie

Mijn Passie in een Kassie (freely translated: My Passion in a little Box) is an art- and film project about seven flats in the Dijkmanshuizenstraat, an area in Amsterdam North. In the spring of 2008 al the inhabitants had to move from their house and had to leave all their memories behind. Together with the neighbours we made an installation of carton boxes filled with photographs, stories and objects that referred to these memories. For more information about the project (in Dutch): www.mijnpassieineenkassie.nl

Working period in Fort- Kochi, February/March 2008

For four weeks, during my trip in India I stayed in Cochin, South India to work and experiment on new ideas. It was a wonderful time and a great experience. I’ve been working on an installation of empty water bottles. Together they formed 3D watermandalas.

International Madonnari Streetpaint Festival in Grazie

Every year in August the Madonnari Streetpaint festival is organized in Grazie. A very small town near Mantova. In 2007 I participated with a study of the painting Madonna col bambino e Giovanni from Rafaello.

Two Dancers

A streetpaint assignment on a summer festival in Holland.