Flat Lands

The river rushes forth
over it's sandy path,
to find a moment of rest
in the arms of the sea

The Netherlands. My country of birth, the country where I have lived almost all my life.

A flat landscape with winding rivers and beautiful villages.
Country roads between fields, that are marked by endless rows of bushes and trees.
Polders that are sometimes lower than sea level. Rivers and canals that, if you fly like a bird, seem to divide the land in thousands of islands.

Touched By Dawn

Early morning after a cool night. The first rays of sunlight make a mist rise from the wet grass. Omens of a warm day....

A digital experiment with a photograph I made in 2018 in the floodplains of the river Waal near Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

Digital art

Birth Of The Night

In the fire of the sunset,
the day dies
for the night to be born

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

Morning Dream

Morning Dream
shattered in the fragile light
The clouds slowly awaken
and rise to the sky

It is early morning on a cold winter day. The sun has just risen, the first rays gently touching the reeds. The clouds seem to awaken from the cold waters of the fens and drift up to the sky like patches of mist in the wind, carrying the dreams with them...

Painting on a photo, collaboration with the US painter Karina Mosser

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

Reaching Deep Into The Sky

Dying Light (diptych)

The dying light,
no sound,
not a word.
Trees leaning in red,
comforted
in loneliness.

A special calm comes over the evening when the sun begins to disappear behind the horizon and the light of the day dies. Nature awaits the night.
I love that quiet moment of the day...

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

In The Mist Of An Early Morning

Early in the morning, the newly risen sun touches the landscape. The sounds are muted by a slight mist, rising from the cold water of the river.

TREES ALONG THE RIVER MAAS, HEUMEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

Scent Of The Night

The light slowly fades away,
not a sound to be heard
The scent of the night arrives

A special calm comes over the evening when the sun begins to disappear behind the horizon and the light of the day fades away. Nature awaits the night.
I love that quiet moment of the day and the scent that announces the coming of night.

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

Musing On The Waterfront

Standing in the sun
on the shore of the lake
The heat makes languid,
thoughts float slowly

A warm spring day in the Ooijpolder nature reserve, near the city of Nijmegen. The Ooijpolder is an area consisting of floodplains south of the river Waal, and a polder directly behind the river dike.

NATURE RESERVE OOIJPOLDER, THE NETHERLANDS

Shivering Trees In Morning Haze (1)

River Dance (2)

Waltzing on the wind
Guided by rippling water
in their naked dance

A cold, hazy winter morning. Bare trees on the banks of the river move gently in the wind in the same rhythm as the ripples on the water. The river leads this dance...

THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS

A Deep Breath of Light

Reach deep into
eternity
Take a deep
breath of light

A beautiful, bright and sunny winter day. Three tall birch trees in a small nature reserve near the city of Nijmegen, The Netherlands, trying to get as close as possible to the source of the light.

OVERASSELTSE EN HATERTSE VENNEN, THE NETHERLANDS

Waking Up Under A White Veiled Dawn

Stripped of his robe, but stately as ever,
his branches rise high above the river…

Of course, a tree in its full splendor in the summer is incredibly beautiful and impressive. But trees in their winter bareness fascinate me very much. Bald but proud, reaching to the sky...

THE RIVER MAAS, NEAR THE CITY OF HEUMEN, THE NETHERLANDS

Painting Dreams With The Colors Of Silence

Morning is coming,
all that remains of our dreams
are the colors of silence

The first morning light in a deserted heathland that prepares for the winter.

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

River Dance (1)

Washed In Sunlight

The morning dawned,
she washed her hair
in sunlight

Sunrise over the marshes

NATURE RESERVE OVERASSELTSE & HATERTSE VENNEN, NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETEHERLANDS

Rishing River

The river rushes forth
over it's sandy path,
to find a moment of rest
in the arms of the sea

The Waal river in The Netherlands. A beautiful, broad river, the busiest river in Europe. The Waal river flows into the North Sea.

RIVER WAAL, AS SEEN FROM THE OOIJ POLDER NEAR THE CITY OF NIJMEGEN, THE NETHERLANDS

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