Who am I?

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

Future Exhibitions

  • Association  les 3R , Rue des Hauts de Chartres, Chartres, France
  • After Corona, at home, Leuven, Belgium,  for charity