Born 9th September 1938, Boskoop, The Netherlands.
Arrived in Australia 1981. Australian citizenship 1985.
1951-1957
Gymnasium A (Classical Grammar School) (The Netherlands).
1957-1969
College of Art, (Gerrit Rietveld Academie) Amsterdam (NL).
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague (NL).
Qualifications in Art Education, The Hague (NL).
1959/1960
Study trip to Australia. Lived in Brisbane. Met contemporary artists in Jon Molvig’s studio and café The Palette.
1964/1965
Study trip to Australia. Art Teacher Picton High School, Picton (NSW).
Met contemporary artists in Sydney. Exhibition in Wollongong (NSW).
1964-1981
Art Teacher/Subject Master Secondary Schools.
1968-1970
Part-time Lecturer Painting, Extramural Studies, University of Leiden, Leiden(NL).
1982-1986
Instructor Division 1 (Painting/Drawing), Queensland College of Art
(Griffith University), Brisbane (Qld).
1988-1991
Instructor Division 1 (Painting/Drawing/Art History),
Townsville College of TAFE (James Cook University) (Qld).
Principal Teacher Art & Design, Mt Gravatt College of TAFE, Brisbane (Qld).
1993-1994
Consultant/Curriculum Designer Painting and Sculpture for TAFE (Qld).
Total of 73 Exhibitions:
1968-1982
6 group + 8 solo exhibitions in Europe, including the Municipal Art Galleries
De Lakenhal, Leiden and Gemeentemuseum, Arnhem (NL).
1982-2013
35 group + 19 solo exhibitions in Australia and overseas.
1991-1993
Painting trip to Europe, during which 4 group + 1 solo exhibitions in Belgium
and The Netherlands, including Lineart 1992, Ghent (B).
2006 29th April,
death of wife and companion of 50 years in Melbourne.
2007
Study trip to Europe.
2008
Relocated to Margate Beach (Qld).
2012
Study trip to Europe.
