On Wednesday, March 14th, Harry Styles broke a barrier when it comes to accessible seating at a concert. His show, part of a packed tour, was in Amsterdam’s Ziggodome. It was my first time attending this particular venue, but when it comes to live music, I’m a seasoned, wheelchair-bound, concert…
Sometimes, I paint just because I need something to do. As a reminder that there is something I’m really good at. Sometimes, there’s more of a story behind it, or something that’s happened that causes me to paint a person. I’ll be sharing some of these stories with you on…
I haven’t published anything on my website for a long long time but I just wanted to let you know that I’m going to try to get back into the swing of things. That means I’ll finally be adding my portfolio, I’ll start posting more art things and I’ll be…
Remember when my painting of One Direction reached 250.000 people? I thought that was pretty amazing and to be quite honest, thought that was about as far as I was gonna go. Little did I know that it would become a common occurrence in the years to come. Because apparently,…
Exactly a year ago today, I came home from a holiday to find a Wacom Cintiq 24HD (graphics tablet/monitor) standing on my desk. A present for my 25th birthday, and then some Christmases, future birthdays, etc etc. You get the point. I’d had a Cintiq before. A model from 2008, that…
My paintings usually get a few likes on Facebook; maybe a retweet or two on Twitter and a few reblogs on Tumblr if I’m lucky. Until I painted the world’s biggest boyband. Really, the data is pretty damn awesome. What’s more awesome, though, is how it made me feel. I’ve…
Yesterday, I was at the official launch party for Kroodle, the first social insurance company that is completely paperless and uses Facebook for everything. The party was pretty damn awesome. Who said insurers are dull? It was a little more than a launch party, because there were a lot of interesting…
Some of the people I paint, you might actually know. They’re people you’ve seen on television, on the big screen, or whose music you’ve listened to. Some of the people are my friends, in which case, I know who they are, but you don’t. Either way, when people and portraits…
It’s been a while since I’ve written anything here, because I’ve been perpetually busy creating new things. So here’s an update: Looking back on 2012 2012 has been a busy year in terms of art. I’ve created more art this year than I have in all the years before it…