50 x 70cm, Oil on Wood panel, Netherlands, 2025
SIEM
This painting of Siem carries movement — because standing still has never really been his thing. He is the kind of boy who wakes up already halfway into his day, full of energy and curiosity, ready to run, learn, test, climb, taste, experiment, and ask “why?” a thousand times before breakfast.
He has this bright, open-hearted way of being in the world. He cares deeply, shares easily, and laughs loudly. He wants to understand how things work — the human body, machines, life itself — not to control them, just to know.
In this piece, I wanted to show the joy that moves through him — the spark of someone who is alive in every corner of his being. A boy who cooks meals for others with the same enthusiasm he brings to sports, friendship, and discovery. A boy who is full of life, and gives that life away generously.
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.