Pegasus

Oil on canvas
100 x 100
2004

Based on the dream "My Pegasus" dated June 1st, 2000

I have rescued a friend from prison (he was innocent).
While we hid on the third floor of an old house which stands along the canals of the city (like Amsterdam), we look out of the window to see if the police are coming. We are surprised with something else: from afar a huge painting comes flying by, passing our window. It is a portrait of my friend, in 17th century clothing (Rembrandt style). This was his "Life Painting." As I wonder if God has made one for me too I see another one coming our way. It is my "Life Painting" and portrays Pegasus flying through the sky with a monkey on his back. The monkey wears a red piccolo outfit. It has a big, beautiful, golden frame.
 

Under the Veil of Sleep

Oil on canvas
50 x 60
2005

Based on someone else's dream, 2004
 

Five Talents

Oil on canvas
70 x 80
2004

Based on the dream "White Horses" dated October 29th, 1999

I am watching a video but instead of seeing it on TV I enter the scene. The first thing I do is go inside the box - there is a man inside, he is alive and let himself be boxed in out of free will. Then I see a crowd of angry people, they want to harm the man in the box. They are prevented from doing so by five white horses of which the second from left is a unicorn. I know that each one represent a talent; some of them have already been developed, others are yet to be developed. One of them is clairvoyance. I return to the living room when the movie finishes and feel annoyed that the tape was not rewound.
 

Strictly Private

Oil on canvas
100 x 100
2004

Based on the dream "Visualization of my dreams" dated July 2nd, 2000

I'm showing my grandmother a video. As I watch along with her I see that I have videotaped my dreams. One of the images was that of a woman and a man in fetus position facing each other. They formed a circle in the mud and it was quite beautiful to see. Still, I felt a bit embarrassed towards my grandmother. (For the painting I used a different background, chosen by the couple portrayed).
 

While Cycling Through Holland

Oil on canvas
100 x 100
2005

Based on the dream "Statue, Tree and Tarantula" dated November 29th, 2004

I was visiting someone but had some time to kill so I went cycling in the area. It is a beautiful day and the scenery is very typical of the Netherlands. In an instant I saw something I passed as being odd… I returned and stepped off my bike. There's a tree which could never be in real life, it was so beautiful I couldn't capture its true colors in the painting: gold, pink, green, all kinds of colors but ever so subtle. In front of the tree there's a stone statue of a warrior on a horse, someone from times gone by. And in front of this there are pieces of rock which also do not belong in this landscape. I pick up one of the rocks and find a dead tarantula there. It's not scary, it's not sad, it's just all beautiful, this is history.