Stained glass

Individual panels and commissions.

dated 1982 until 2023 (click on an image to enlarge an artwork)
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Entering the forest

2017

The atmospheer in this pannel is silence, the silence of a wood or forest in winter, and the silence of snow. Snow covers everything, and here the snow covers the past. Leave everything behind and enter the forest in order to know silence. A decorative border of hawthorn surrounds the pannel. The hawthorn was a magic and sacred tree for the celts. It's energy purifies, prepares, evokes patience and quietness, dispels negative thoughts and helps te bring clarity and balance. It works tranformative and gives protection. 

Celtic tree of Life

2016

This Tree of Life is inspired by Celtic art patterns and the relationship between human beings and nature. The hands are in a position of receptivity and wonder. the Tree of LIfe is a symbool which appears in many cultures. The roots of the tree are anchored in the earth,or materie and the branches reach to the heavens, or the spiritual. From the earth and the air the Tree of life, or each human being -nourishment. The text comes from the prose-poem of Max Ehrmann (1929)

nature spirit

2014

Decorative panel

medieval craft

2010

Harvesting grapes in the middle ages

glass light

2008

A stained glass 'light'for above a door inside a home. organic

Shaman

2002

Inspired by the inner search

Bishopstone's valley

1999

Inspired by a poem

in wonder

1983

Stained glass pannel made during my study. Inspired by a poem. 

healing hands

1982

Made as an project for a hospital

Dancing trees

1982

Inspired by a groep of trees dancing on a hill in Wales.

Rebirth

1992

Designed and executed voor the Spiritual Center Wester Esch in Friesland. The theme is one of a new beginning, re-awakening, transformation.

Rebirth ( right panel)

1992

in progress

Agathé Tyche

1990

The circle with the square symbolizes the integration of heaven and earth.

Life energy

2004

The main theme of this commission is the creative and preserving power of God, or Nature as described and experienced by many poets and mystics through the ages. (e.g. Gerard Manley Hopkins and Julian of Norwich).

Life energy

2004

The left panel of the commission 'Life energy '.

Tulips

2008

Inspired by a field of tulips

Lotuswindow (detail1)

2009

A detail of a glass screen inspired by a lotus lake. This panel is exclusively made from glass and lead. No glass painting has been used.  Depth and spatial impression is achieved by using lead of various thicknesses and structured glass.

Lotuswindow (detail 2)

2009

See previous description.

Lotuspanel (detail 3)

2009

See previous description.

Redemption

2010

This panel is on exhibition in the museum for glass- and enamel art in Ravenstein.