The contents of my work arise from everything I read on philosophy, art, and science. The imaginary nature of my art springs from my discovery that the world does not possess the ‘solidity’ we often attribute to it. In science we mostly find ‘open ends’, and again and again it shows that cultivating knowledge does not mean the concluding of a question, but rather the disclosure of a new one.

The merged nature of questions forms the shape of the world as we know it. The interaction between language and perception plays a vital part in this process, as can be seen in the demeanour of metaphors. If this is combined with the freedom painting offers, the freedom to give free course to your imagination, it will lead you to my work. In the words of Stein Kruse (chief executive officer of Holland America Line): it will result “in paintings that illustrate an idea, and are highly communicative and often whimsical.