I arrived to live in New Zealand in 1982, from the Netherlands.

Working creatively in many different media like textiles, papier mache, harakeke and clay, informs how I approach the painting process: I play with colours, shapes, forms and texture as a dynamic base for the imagery, superimposed in lines. From there. a dance between background/foreground starts to happen and finishes when the story has become clear…

My formal training in the arts has been through the Learning Connexion in Wellington, Dipl. in Art and Creativity, followed by a Master in Art Therapy at Whitecliffe, Auckland.

I see myself as a visual story-teller, who leaves plenty of space for the viewer of my work to recognize their own perceptions of Self, others and the world around us.

Recently retired from the health sector, I now live and paint in Raglan. I enjoy the beautiful West coast and the diversity of its people.