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My ‘20s Journey

Renovation Triumph As noted in “My ‘10s Journey” under “Bigger Move – Bigger House,” we timed it perfectly—moving into our 300m² La Charité-sur-Loire home…

My 10’s Journey

Portrait Painting Revival Inspired by my teenage oil painting ambitions at 14-15, I felt a strong urge to paint portraits again during one of…

My 00’s Journey

A Quick Glimpse The 2000s were a wild ride: selling a 14th century French monastery, searching for freedom in a camper across Spain and…

My 90’s Journey

Life on Stella From ’88 to ’94 the Kromhoutwerf in Amsterdam was our home port. Our comfortable North Sea botter Stella was situated in…

My 80’s Journey

First Flight, Endless Freedom Picture me, heart pounding, stepping for the first time onto a Singapore Airlines Boeing 747 bound for Singapore. That rush—leaving,…

My 70’s Journey

The ‘70s and Me: Hippie to Shipbuilder Art Academy Blues The ‘70s hit like a freight train. At 17, I was at the Art…

My 60’s Journey

The 60’s and Me: A Kid on the Move Baby Steps to Snowy Winters By the 60’s, I’d been kicking around for seven years….

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  • The 60’s and Me
    The 60’s and Me   Born in ‘s-Hertogenbosch (Den Bosch) on March 18, 1953, I was already on […]
  • The 70’s and Me
    The 70’s hit me like a storm. At 17, I was at the Art Academy in Den Bosch, still living with […]
  • The 80’s and Me
    The 80’s swept me across oceans and skies. After selling our ship Zorg & Vlijt in […]
  • The 90’s and Me
    The nineties were my Amsterdam finale and my French dawn. For seven years the shipyard ‘t […]

My ‘60s Journey - School bored me, but the neighbor’s son had a Simplex moped.

My 70’s Journey - Heaven. Free at 17, I lived proudly among kindred spirits.

My 80’s Journey - For one year, every day was a new adventure.

My 90's Journey -
From boats everywhere to France houses, what a decade


My 00's Journey - 2000 was a wild ride: French real estate, Spain and Portugal, New Zealand, Bali and lots of building

My 10's Journey - All about portrait painting, buying again another house - on an Island !!

My 20's Journey - Pandemic struggles - Portrait Painting and Chasing Freedom in Thailand.


Renovation Gallery - of our Dutch Barge ‘Zorg & Vlijt’

Renaissance Gallery - We spend 2 European winters on our sailing yacht Renaissance in Whangarei New Zealand.

Wooden houses Gallery - We build 2 wooden houses/studio's near Chiva - Valencia - Spain

Renovation Gallery charming Island house - Another renovation project —losing count of how many.

Renovation 300m2 house Gallery - We bought a 300m2 house! Another major renovation followed, yielding a stunning home and a 100m² atelier/studio

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