1. The Messy Parade Meet this beach beauty. I made her for the illustrated poetry book Eilandgedichten – Island Poems, which I had the joy of creating together with Ian MacMenamin. For this project, I spent a few days on Ameland, collecting and photographing things I...
A short blog with three nice things: one messy, one marvellous, one for the makers. messy – some sketchbook pages or a new character for my messy parademarvelous – a spotlight on a good thing that happened or happensone for the makers – a tip from...
A short blog with three nice things: one messy, one marvellous, one for the makers. messy – some sketchbook pages or a new character for my messy parademarvelous – a spotlight on a good thing that happened or happensone for the makers – a tip for me...
The past few years haven’t been easy. Not for my mother, and not for us. She had dementia — a relentless disease that slowly takes everything away. And then, three and a half years ago, my father passed away unexpectedly. He had given everything to take care of her....
De laatste jaren waren niet makkelijk. Niet voor mijn moeder, en niet voor ons. Ze had dementie — een meedogenloze ziekte die langzaam alles afbrokkelt. En toen, drieënhalf jaar geleden, overleed mijn vader plotseling. Hij had alles voor haar gegeven, misschien...
Some days ago, I shared this sketch on Instagram. I created it as a spot illustration for an article about sharing bad news.* To me, it felt like a good match with the theme of “reading the room.” When it comes to sharing difficult news, timing and context really...
