I am an exploring volunteer and creative soul, an inquisitive world
traveller and admirer of nature, culture, people and art.
I try to be an artist who transforms nature’s gifts into a harmonious whole by means of tiny shattered pieces on canvas, boards, self made 3 dimensional surfaces and in photo collages.
I play with marble, granite, limestone, shales, colour pigments, branches, flowers, twigs and leaves, Italian Smalti, Millefiori and photos of my travels.
I have always been a creative teacher, master in flower arrangements, mosaicist, painter and travel guide.
I am so lucky to guide many people on their creative and, or travel path, everyone of them always gives me something back!
The more I fail and succeed and do and learn, the more I realise there will be not enough time…
Education
- 3 years Model Drawing with Wladimir Moszowski, born in Ukraine, teacher at the academy of Mortsel, Belgium
- 4 years Acryl Painting with Professor Peter Van Tongerloo, born in Turnhout, teacher at the academy of Mortsel, Belgium
- 2 years Docent, Master in Flower Arrangements at HIK in Geel, Belgium
- 6 years Mosaics, Roman and Byzantine style with Gino Tondat, Born in Eeklo, teacher at the academy of Wilrijk, Belgium
- 2 weeks Italian smalti, master workshop, glass mosaic at ORSONI factory in Venice with Maestro Giovanni Cucco, born in Pordenone, specialist and conservator in San Marco Basilica, Venice, deceased
- 1 week, master workshop, at ORSONI factory in Venice with teacher Antonella Gallenda, born in Venice, Italy
- 2 weeks summer school at the Spilimbergo School of Mosaics with teacher Carolina Zanelli, born in Udine, Italy
- 2 weeks summer school at the Spilimbergo School of Mosaics with teacher Dagmar Friedrich, born in Ulm, Germany
- 1 day attendance and demonstration at Vatican Mosaic Studio, Citta del Vaticano, Rome, Italy
- 1 year city guide of Antwerp, PIVA Antwerp, Belgium
- 2 years travel guide for Europe, SYNTRA, Turnhout Belgium
- 1 year international travel guide with ROC vzw, Kortrijksesteenweg, Ghent, Belgium
Teaching
- Creative teacher for several day courses, creative teaching for counselors in social institutions, Centre for social educators, Ghent, Belgium
- 20 years teacher art flower arrangements in Beveren, Melsele, Mortsel and Hove, Belgium.
- 12 years art teacher in my own studio for Mosaics “Groene Zoene” vzw, non profit organisation in Mortsel, Belgium
- official Travel Guide for Italy, speciality Rome, Sicily, Amalficoast and Naples, The Marche and Venice
- 2 designed walks in Antwerp: Angels and Demons & Mosaics in and around the city.
Exhibitions
Group Exhibitions
- the Art academy of Mortsel, Belgium
- the Art academy of Wilrijk, Belgium
- Kasteel De Renesse, Lierselei, Oostmalle
- FOD Belgium, Rue de Fragnée, Liege, Belgium
- Kasteel Dennenburg, Graaf Henri Cornetlaan 6, Kapellen, Belgium
Solo Exhibitions
- De Sterrewijzer, WZC Zilverlinde, Berkenstraat, Olen Belgiu
- De Heerlyckheid, Pretoriastraat, Berchem, Belgium
- Kasteel van Brasschaat, Brasschaat, Belgium
- PeeCEE, Pervijzestraat, Berchem, Belgium
- Art Studio Groene Zoene, Mortsel, Belgium
- participant of the 2020 Virtual symposium Sardinia Contemporary Mosaic & Art Ploaghe, under Maestro Guilio Menossi from the friuli art Academy, Italy – https://www.facebook.com/sardiniamosaic.ploaghe/photos/fpp.158815057862051/861698777573672/?type=3&theater
Future Exhibitions
- Association les 3R , Rue des Hauts de Chartres, Chartres, France
- After Corona, at home, Leuven, Belgium, for charity