if I can make it there

Yesterday I got a call from New York - which I didn't know at that point but it sure didn't look Dutch to me - but surrounded by a bunch of freshly released toddlers I thought it wise to let my voicemail do its job. So straight after escaping the schoolyard I played the message of a very friendly and enthusiastic lady congratulating me with being admitted to this year's Annual Exhibition of the Society of Illustrators in New York (there you have it, indeed). I'm thrilled!! And if I can make it there..
This is the piece that was selected, Megaliths, it belongs to a series of drawings I made for newspaper de Volkskrant about Dutch attractions.

bank slash bunker

Some might say I'm overdoing it with the houses, but I can't help myself. And technically, this isn't a house, it's a bunker. Made it for a financial magazine, in which there is an article about how banks are more like impregnable fortresses nowadays.

leolino

My first linocut since a decade (true story) and they turned out quite nice if I say so myself. Not finished yet, but soon. And when I re-open my shop and you're in need for some Lazy Dutch Women; that's where you'll find them.

tribute

Just finished my latest work for newspaper de Volkskrant, which I cannot show yet because it is yet to be printed. However, I do want to give you a sneak preview and in particular the clouds-section. Because here I paid a little tribute to the best painting I've seen (and proud to say: have in my possession). It's called Secretariat by Monique Wijbrands, painted after an almost fatal trip to India, showing the Chandigarh Secretariat by Le Corbusier against a beautiful blue and salmon colored sunset. Long before I actually became aware of my passion for all kind of buildings in art I fell in love with this painting. It also was the first of my architectural-inspired works decorating my home. When moving into my new apartment end of this year, all cabinets, doors and windows will have to make way for this painting.

(am I dismissed of being accused of ordinary theft now?..)

power to the pencil

Took the ferry to Amsterdam Drawing yesterday, an art fair for Amsterdam galleries showing off their artists, young and/or established. Here are a few of my favorites. Marijn van Kreij, Erik Mattijssen and Nanda Runge. Left with my little stack of business cards untouched in my pocket, because even though I don't miss the highbrow art scene at all, I felt a little humble surrounded by all that diligent manual labor..

wall street journal

I was published in The Wall Street Journal today!! I don't have enough social media channels to brag about this, I'm so out of my mind! Have to try and find a copy of it somewhere in Amsterdam, or else I just have to buy a ticket to NY. In the meantime I made a screendump of the article. And yeah, I'm going to frame it alright! I'm probably too hysterical about it, but no shit?!!

UPPERCASE

A few months ago I was selected to contribute to the third edition of 'Work/Life 3: the UPPERCASE directory of illustration'. I'm a huge fan of the UPPERCASE magazine, and to be part of this book was quite a big deal to me! Finally the book is printed and I can't wait for it to cross the Atlantic Ocean. But before that at least I'm allowed to show the outcome of my assignment. This assignment was based on an interview given to editor Janine Vangool in which I mentioned living on the prettiest square in Amsterdam. The illustration shows how my personal life and surroundings are woven into my work. I thought it fit in well with this edition's theme 'An Illustrated Life', in which "the personal nature of Work/Life is pushed to a new level."
It's going to be another great book by UPPERCASE you don't want to miss! Buy it here!