After the Corona crisis I started to make more portraits of people I met in the streets of Den Haag. They would stand out to me because of certain features they showed or memories they brought back to me. This is the same principle I used in my series Brief Encounters during The Corona pandemic. For this series I walked to the Malieveld in Den Haag taking different routes and at the Malieveld I described the people I met in text. Coming home I would paint a small portrait in oilpaint on A4 format stone paper. These portraits and texts were consequently published on Instagram ( #malieveldinvites ). Here you can find the whole project. I did not end it yet, so I will update regularly.

September 2, 2023
The Day Started Grey
September 9, 2023
You Guys Are not Going to Throw Stones Are You?
September 16, 2023
This Is Ideal, You Have a Good Point There!
September 23, 2023
People Can Be So Big These Days…
September 30, 2023
It’s Not His Day!
October 6, 2023
And Then I Say: I Really Want That!
October 14, 2023
Inti Baladi …
October 21, 2023
Which Honour Does He Still Defend?
November 18, 2023
Girls Who Also Seemed to Come From Elsewhere
November 25, 2023
It Hardly Seems to Help
December 2, 2023
“You go, you go!”
December 9, 2023
I Imagine That They Speak Franch Inside
December 16, 2023
A Slavic Hippie
December 23, 2023
The Back of Eachothers Head
January 13, 2024
Seemingly Unaffected and in Trance
January 20, 2024
A Sudden Wave of Melancholy
January 27, 2024
It Seems that They Are About to Dissolve
February 3, 2024
People Don’t Trust it Yet
Februari 10, 2024
He Made a Comment about Social Coercion
Februari 17, 2024
Do You Have Money, Food or Refuge for Me?
March 2, 2024
What Would He See Inside of Himself?
March 23, 2024
The Measurements of a Sumo Wrestler
March 30, 2024
Standing Before a Blood-shed moon
April 6, 2024
Gravitas in Den Haag
April 13, 2024
Opposite a Black Monolith
May 11, 2024
A Smoke Break on the Way to Somewhere Else
May 18, 2024
Her Pain is Elsewhere
June 8, 2024
A Poorly Kneaded Lump of Meat Caught in a Green-White Bal
June 15, 2024
A seagull Screams Above Us
September 7, 2024
The Boy Catches Full Daylight
September 14, 2024
The Whole Scene Gives Me a Peaceful Feeling