atelier X office

Sunday 25th of January

We share our workspace, Henk has set up his home office in my atelier.

The brick red office chair fits seamlessly into the bright & colorful room, n'est pas?

xl lime on canvas

XL lime painting

Colors: Lime green & black on moroccan pink background.

Size: 80 x 60 cm, acrylic on canvas.

Now available in my ETSY SHOP. Or you can send me an email or dm via instagram.

cigale in progress

Hello February!

New month, new project.

Picking up painting in my studio. I'm working on a cigale collection.

Inspired on the cigale wall vase collection in our livingroom.


photo april 2012

l r n c e

LRNCE is a Marrakech based lifestyle brand focusing on interior decoration and accessories.

Founded by the talented Laurence Leenaert from Belgium. She is an all round artist, super creative, gorgeous, spontaneous and speaks Flemish, which made it even more fun to talk to her about her work.

Laurence's recognizable work (in short LRNCE) has a colorful cheerful style. We had the pleasure of meeting her in the atelier in Marrakech, during a #marvelousmarrakech studio tour.

The work of LRNCE is unique and handmade and I fell in love with the "occupied" loungers and left the building with a hand painted [mon coeur] plate for my love and a cement leaf tile in matching colors (one of her recent designs).

Well I was already a @LRNCE follower and big fan and now even more.

And Henk loves the plate!

grottaglie - città della ceramica

Grottaglie - Saturday 4th of September - late summer in Puglia

The Apulian city Grottaglie is best known for its ceramics.

The famous ceramics are still made in the traditional way.
For a long time, the entire local economy revolved around the manufacture of ceramics.
We visited many ateliers and and kept it modest to just two lilla marmorizzato salad or pasta plates at Marcello Fasano.

After our atelier tour through the ceramics district, we discovered that Grottaglie also has great street art.

When we finished our sightseeing, most of the restaurants were closed for lunch. Luckily we found a terrace at the city gate and the charming restaurant owner (who felt sorry for us) served us a delicious salad. When we heartily thanked him for his hospitality, he said: "I would also like to eat, when I was hungry and in vacanza". Karma.

lemon on canvas - lundi atelier

Lundi atelier.

Working on a lemon collection in my studio.

New shade of moroccan pink, kind of taupe pink, a shade that looks great with everything.

fond of checkered

A new canvas; lilac lemon on blue checks.

The background is inspired by my blue checkered Vans.

And it's not the first time i used a checkered pattern. One year ago i made a xs woodwoolstool with checkered crochet cover, also inspired by my favorite shoes. And moreover spencers, pillows and mittens.

I'm fond of checkered stuff.