Oostende — my sea, my sky, my city
This city is never truly quiet.
It glimmers, breathes in gusts of wind, and shifts with the tides. The sea speaks its own language here: sometimes in whispers, sometimes in storms.
And I listen.
It glimmers, breathes in gusts of wind, and shifts with the tides. The sea speaks its own language here: sometimes in whispers, sometimes in storms.
And I listen.
Oostende is not a postcard. It’s a feeling. A rhythm.
A conversation between clouds and rooftops, waves and promenades, silence and sirens. It holds the weight of weather, the shimmer of wet streets, the loneliness of the off-season, and the sudden joy of unexpected sun.
A conversation between clouds and rooftops, waves and promenades, silence and sirens. It holds the weight of weather, the shimmer of wet streets, the loneliness of the off-season, and the sudden joy of unexpected sun.
It’s not always gentle, but it’s always real.
I didn’t come here looking for shelter, but Oostende became one.
And somewhere between storm and light, I found my home — and painted it,
I didn’t come here looking for shelter, but Oostende became one.
And somewhere between storm and light, I found my home — and painted it,
again and again.
As the light slides, watercolor, 38 x 28 cm, 2025
Old water tower, watercolor, 35 x 25 cm, 2025
Beware of the Storm! watercolor, 38 x 56 cm, 2023
Summer evening in Ostend, watercolor, 38 x 56 cm, 2024
Zeeheldenplein, watercolor, 38 x 56 cm, 2018
Swallowed by the sea, watercolor, 56 x 76 cm, 2023
Gone with the Wind, watercolor, 76 x 56 cm, 2023
Confrontation, watercolor, 38 x 56 cm, 2022
Sunny Day at North Sea, watercolor, 32 x 50 cm, 2020
Storm in Ostend, oil on canvas, 30 x 40 cm, 2021
Into the storm, watercolor, 28 x 38 cm, 2020
Thunderstorm in Ostend, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, 2022
Autumn sunset in Ostend, acrylic on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, 2022
Sunset in Ostend, watercolor, 38 x 56 cm, 2016
Ostend Light, oil on canvas, 60 x 90 cm, 2021
Leaving Ostend at dawn, oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm, 2022
Sinking Ostend, watercolor, 28 x 38 cm, 2016
First Snow, Maria Hendrika park, watercolor, 32 x 50 cm, 2017
Daffodils in Leopold Park, Ostend, gouache and acrylic, 35 x 50 cm, 2024
Cherry blossoms in Leopold Park, oil on canvas, 40 x 50 cm, 2024
