South African-Dutch artist known for expressive portraits and paintings exploring emotion, suffering, and ambiguity.
Painting is a very slow art. It doesn't travel with the speed of a light. That's why dead painters shine so bright
I use the human figure and the face as my main subjects
The main words I would use are 'ambiguity', 'suggestion' and 'association'
No painting can exist without the tension of what it figures and what it concretely consists of
I have always been interested in how you can depict suffering without being heavy-handed
Painting doesn't freeze time. It circulates and recycles time like a wheel that turns
My best works are erotic displays of mental confusions (with intrusions of irrelevant information)