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Storm means tension, change and discharge.

 

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You can see a storm as a natural phenomenon, but also as a metaphor for global and climatic change. There are indications that they will occur more often in extreme forms on our continent.

 

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You can also see it as a reference to a changing Europe.

Or as a sudden event in your life.

 

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In the small paintings I investigate whether I can depict the calms of storms as a metaphor for current issues: the calm before the storm, the eye of the storm and the calm after the storm. In some of them I want these phases to merge.

 

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How do you see the storm?

 

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This long-term project started in 2019. Curious to see the latest storms? Check out my picture gallery.

My larger Storm (nr 7) is part of the collection of Museum De Lakenhal.