50 x 70cm, Oil on Wood panel, Netherlands, 2025
RUUD
This painting of Ruud is all about strength with warmth. He is a creator — of objects, of solutions, of meals, of moments. He works with his hands and with his mind, and somehow both seem equally fast.
He is the bridge — between people and ideas, between feeling and function, between what is imagined and what is actually built. And while he is skilled and intelligent, what stands out most is care. He shows love through doing, making, and including.
He cooks, he builds, he repairs, he dances — and all of it comes from the same center: joy in giving. This painting honors that: the man who holds his family together not by force, but by presence, humor, curiosity, and loyalty.
FAMILY VAN DER KEMP
These set of four paintings reflects the shared spirit that lives between them:
movement, welcome, curiosity, creativity, and the simple belief that life is best lived together.
This is a home where the door is open, the music is playing, the tools are out, the food is shared, and the conversation is always real. A place where everyone is free to be entirely themselves — loud, focused, playful, thoughtful, imaginative, tender, bold.
They are energetic and flexible — the kind of family that says yes first and figures out the details with laughter and involvement. There is warmth here. Care. Growth. And a deep love that shows itself in everyday gestures — cooking, building, learning, talking, showing up.
Painting this family was special because their identity is not simply in who they are individually, but in the space they create together.
A space full of life, light, shape, color, and connection.