Earth
Etchings with the earth, warmth, fire and the interaction between these elements as a main theme. All etchings are printed by hand with a maximum of 50 issues on 300 gram hand-made acid-free etching paper.dated 1975 until 2012, comment to the artist (click on an image to enlarge an artwork)
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Pollard-willow II
2012A pollard-willow in the Beemster, with a sitting duck in it.
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Underground
2005To swim through the earth and know everything that happens down there, fertility goddess (see also Inward, In my sleep, Golden shower).
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Sprout
2005Bean sprouting in the earth.
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Roots
2003The branches in a square form: our conscious thinking branched so delicately that subtle communication by speech becomes possible. The roots draw from the vital energy of the subconscious and nourish the upper part (see also Osmose).
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In the sand
2004Even with your head in the sand there might be interesting things to discover.
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Magma
2002Meteoric Stone with a fiery core. Danger.
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Gaia
1995The earth as an old cauldron covered with fossils and filled with lava as her vital energy (see also Thalassa , Water of life and Panta Rhei).
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Skin & Bones
1989Intertwining circles of 9 different animal skins and 9 bones. We do our best, but to create life it needs more than sticking skin and bones to one another.
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Medicine Stone
1989Healing Stone, as an Indian talisman.
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Calyx
1989Vase-like form ending in recipient organic calyx. Blending of two aspects (see also March wind).
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Cycle
1988Representation of the cycle of decay-composting (see also Compost)
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March wind
1978Man-made form ending in the seemingly chaos of nature. Blending of these two aspects.
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Man merged in nature, ideas as birds touching down in his brain.
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Pollard-willow
1982A pollard-willow at the Beemster dike, with a nest in one of its branches
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Shaman
1982Magician blended with earth-stone-air (see also Language of the birds)
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Compost
1978The miraculous process of composting: everything that has grown into elaborate vegetal and animal form, is converted into its basic materials by a huge army of little animals, fungi and bacteria. Where would we be without this precious decay!
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Mother Earth
1975The earth as foster-mother of all life.
