Education & Qualifications

• Diploma Royal Academy of Art & Design (‘s-Hertogebosch), Graphic Art and Visual Communication.
• Masterclasses in Botanical Illustration, Edinburgh.
  
• Certificate Botanical Illustration (distinction), Edinburgh.
  
• Diploma Botanical Illustration, Edinburgh (distinction & top student prize).
  

Children’s books Illustrations and Other Work

• Much published illustrator of children’s books up to present. Works for several publishers including Lemniscaat, Unicef, Leopold, Floris Books, Nederlands Jeugdinstituut/Extern, de Vier Windstreken, Holland, Moon, Zwijsen, The House of Books, Ploegsma, Malmberg, van Goor.
  
• Illustrations and design for pictureprints commissioned by Council Vught.
  
• Illustrations and design of the recognizable mascot ‘Adriaan’ children’s books for bookshop Heinen.
  
• Illustrations commissioned by Letterkundig Museum (Literary Museum), The Hague.
  
• Animation of illustrations by Dutch Television to broadcast a programme about adoption.
  
• Illustrations for the Reading Guide CPNB (Collective Promotion for the Dutch Book) for the purposes of Children’s Book Week.
  
• Postcards for the ‘Stichting Kinderpostzegels Nederland’ (a Children’s Charity Foundation).

Workshops

• Delivered workshops and visited schools during The Edinburgh International Book Festival.
  
• Guest lecturer for Introduction to Illustration for Diploma in Art and Design (Lewis Castle College, Scotland). (Taigh Chearsabhagh, North-Uist. Scotland).
  
• Lecture for workshop in Botanical Illustration (Claddach Kirkibost Centre, North-Uist. Scotland).
  
• Delivered other workshops and school/library visits to promote published books.
  

Exhibitions

• Bologna Book Fair, Italië.
  
• Kunsthal Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  
• World museum Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
  
• Taigh Cearsabhagh, Scotland.
  
• Art on the Map (Uist Art Association).
  
• Solo and group exhibitions at different locations nationally and internationally.
  

Publications

• Miscellaneous articles, interviews and reviews in newspapers and weekly magazines.
  
• Portfolio in BC (Magazine for Art and Culture).
  
• Month-diary about the life of an illustrator in Brabants Dagblad (daily newspaper).