Willie

I was born in a winter starvation, on January 16^th 1945 in Wittenburg, one of the so called three parts of eastern islands in Central Amsterdam, a place dwelled mostly by blue-collar workers, harbor, ship building, and constructions workers.

After a humble and poor adolescence in Wittenburg, I followed a ULO education (MULO or junior high level), and quit it without a diploma. I was then attracted to go to a B-Nurse Academy (especially to attend the mental disordereds). With persistent effort during my study and apprenticeship I managed to achieve the B-diploma from the Central Mental Hospital “Het Groot-Graffel” in Warnsveld on June 17^th, 1970. To complete my mastery, I followed the higher education and obtained the A-diploma in Zutphen General Union Hospital, and I went back to Amsterdam.

After working as a head-nurse for night service for a while, hastily I decided to quit and start my own private mental hospital. This job really satisfied me for a while. Unfortunately it last for 8 years only before the Government forbade such private practice in the country. This became bitter pills for both the patients and us. The regulation sent me back into various nurse services, long enough before suddenly an accident finished my career. In that black night in the mental hospital a drug addict hit me severely and paralyzed me. There was no future in this career.

Hence I strove to revive myself, and managed to recover from most physical as well as psychological traumas. In turn it eased the building of harmony in my life. After the accident I wondered whether to choose to give up and live passively, or to fight for a brighter future with new activities. In the following 10 years I even completed the levels of Mavo / junior high, Havo / senior high, VWO / basic or preparation for painting academy. Yet due to the age constraint, I was not admitted in to the academy. There was no other way for me but to follow a painting course for adults, so that the rest of my life I can paint actively, and find a way to gratify my emotions.

The fact that I lost my touch sense in my fingertips due to the accident never prevents me from pursuing my painting career. By managing my handicap and need to express my emotions, with strong determination, choices of techniques, materials, and supporting equipment, I reach a living balance.

I have arrived at this point, though; I still explore the art of painting for innovation which excites me, stimulates me, and lifts up my spirit.


cows photo	sheer stems photo	Zutphen city photo

real love, high hills mixed technics	love story mixed technics	Indonesian woman mixed technics

sacrifice ladies of bali drawing	abstract birth drawing	mushroom drawing

wild honey suckle photo	earth photo drawing	under water life photo drawing

collage mushrooms photo	collage mushrooms photo	closed down tree bast photo

mother and child aquarelle	woman of Bali aquarelle	women of Sulawesi aquarelle

sunset Zutphen photo	man/woman mixed technics	sacrifice ladies of Bali mixed technics

tiger tryptych mixed technics	poppies mixed technics	to fish mixed technics

alley of Bronkhorst etching	shinning mushrooms oil on paper	coloured etching Bronhorst

New York, New York photo collage	Bamboo mixed technics	fantasy flower photo collage

avocado drawing crayon	bottle mixed technics	leafs mixed technics

moon watchers photo collage	flowers mixed technics	drawing of wayang