Art in its purest form.

A Work Without Thought, Yet Full of Meaning.

A work created without conscious thought during the process — and yet, one that speaks volumes.

The inspiration for this piece came from a drawing made by a six-year-old child.
The child had made an incredibly creative, dynamic, and busy drawing.
However, the scene wasn’t particularly cheerful.
In the image, legs were flying through the air, tanks were driving by, and guns were visible.
Only later did I learn that the drawing had been made by a young war refugee from Syria.

A six-year-old is not concerned with creating an artwork filled with deep ideas or emotional expression.
This child simply drew whatever came to mind, without any intention or goal.
The fact that this work still moved me so deeply — that it carried such weight — became a great source of inspiration.

I am fascinated by art in which something profound has clearly happened,
but where the artist never sought emotion or meaning.
The event is present in the work without the artist even realizing it.
That, to me, is powerful.

The piece exhibited here is my interpretation of the most analogue camera I could create.
I placed a canvas on Dam Square in Amsterdam, along with a small bowl filled with ‘mud water’ and birdseed.
Everything you see on the canvas was made entirely by pigeons.
I call it an analogue camera because the work captures exactly what the pigeons did at that moment in time.

This work is therefore clearly not about me — it is about the purity of nature itself.
What fascinates me most is that, despite its natural origin,
viewers can still find countless layers of human interpretation within it.

This series with ‘pure art’ will be continued very soon.

This time, it won’t involve birds, but will initially focus on myself.
Of course, because of the purity of the process, I have no idea what it may evoke in the people around me — and that is exactly what makes it so fascinating.
This will be an intriguing exploration, which can be followed here on this website.