Saturday, January the 11th, my expo opens in the art-space 38CC in Delft at 16:00, showing loads of comic pages, huge blow-ups and the full series of musician portraits I designed. Also on show is my animated movie Magic Show.
During the month December there's a small but colorful expo of my illustration work in Amsterdam's coolest store for films and music, Concerto in the Utrechtsestraat.
Last weekend I was a guest at the anual comics festival in cairo and I had a blast. We showcased some of the musicians portraits I've been making and sold lots of books and posters at my Arabic publisher Nool Books stand. Hope to attend again another year!
Three musicians portraits from my International Pop series, gorgeously and exclusively printed on A3. The color result is beyond what I imagined and I have a very happy customer. Mail me if you are interested. There are now 35 portraits to choose from.
For every issue, poetry magazine Awater asks a comic artist to work with a poem to create a page. I was aksed to rework one of Couperus' esotheric poems from around the turn of the (last) centrury. Couperus did works of fiction on Pharaonic times so it seemed natural to get that imagery in here too. AWATER
A mix recorded from my 45s with songs in the infectious dance style from the Levant. On the cover we see my drawing of the beautiful Samira Tawfik who's Bedouin style music I came to love while living in Amman, Jordan.
Working on a comic without lines again. What freedom. If needed details can always be added - or not!
'The World of International Pop' portrait series - Ethiopian singer Bizunesh Bekele, first lady of Ethiopian popular music.
Concept Art for the documentary Een Porseleinen Huwelijk (BNNVara, 2022) about Jorge Zorreguieta.
Donker en onnatuurlijk (Dark and Unnatural) is a book compiling over 100 illustrations that were done in majority for film magazine Schokkend Nieuws. Concertobooks published it and the printing is gorgeous.
As a bonus it contains the animated movie Magic Show (2009) on DVD, written by Ruud den Drijver and animated and directed by yours truly.
