The atmosphere is important in my work. I’m always looking for a feeling of tranquility. The themes from which I work are anonymity and uniformity. I do not reproduce literally what I see, but what I feel at what I see. I create the situations myself; I do not try to make objective realistic images.

I want my works to convey a somewhat distressed feeling, but I also like to add some humour – not too much though, the image should not just be funny. I like it to be a bit uncomfortable.

Before I went to artschool, I studied economics and I worked a couple of years on several offices, which I did not like very much. In the end I got RSI and could not work on a computer anymore. That was when I decided to follow my heart and I went to artschool. The smurfs are surrounded by stuff I remember from this time; the grey furniture, the paperwork, the forgotten plant in the corner etc. I hope this is not typical Dutch, but I don't think so.