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Born April 1965 in Eeklo, Belgium under sign Taurus.
Lives in Sint-Laureins, the lake district of Belgium and one of the finest places on earth.
After a few difficult adolescent years decided to do something with drawing skills.
Graduated artschool Gent in 1988: Advertising arts.

Freelance since 1990.
Worked some time in illustration in the early 90's but specialised in the rough presentation of
advertising campaigns, designing the visual part of commercials.
In the rare free time busy teaching art in a small artschool in Maldegem, Belgium, and making sculpturework.

Hobbies:
judo(1 Dan), playing guitar, sailing(starting from 4 beaufort),
friends, drinking cappuccino, tracking in mountains, city tripping, gardening,
skiing, athletics, driving formula 1(virtually), etc…

Married with adorable wife and blessed (?!) with 2 teenagers. ;-)

Ambition:
- being a nice person...
- sea sailing and being a good captain while sailing
- making nice sculpture work.
- winning fights on tatami
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Askback:
Favourite quote: always look at the bright side of life (M.P.)
Favourite country: Switzerland and Canada.
Favourite book: Time Life Maritime collection
Favourite language: Spanish
Favourite painter: The older Rembrandt, Vermeer because of their light-effects. Also the later Hals...
Favourite personality: Michael Moore, Kyuzo Mifune, Angus Young, the famous Murray Walker, Dave Grohl and of course my mother-in-law,,..
Favourite city: Paris
Favourite food: Italian
Favourite music: everything between Dvorak and sex pistols..( exept house and techno)
Favourite song: AC/DC: Stormy mayday
Favourite music: since 1978 heavy addicted to AC/DC music and lots of bluesrock
Favourite skill: being awake. I mean awake not being up.
Favourite actress: Victoria Abril, Elodie Bouchez, Bridget Fonda, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Patricia Arquette, Natalie Portman,
Connie Nielsen, Hellen Mirren, Annette Bening, Liv Tyler, and the girl next door...
Favourite actor: Gary Oldman, Vincent Gallo, Tim Roth, Jean Reno, Josh Brolin and the ones I forget…
Favourite movies: Missisipi burning, La Grande Vadrouille, The shawshank redemption, Dangerous Liaisons, Leon, The Piano(not the pianist!), and a lot more…
Watching tv does not inspire me...too much crap on it and it's boring. (exeption:The Simpsons)

Dislikes:
doing things twice, working with bad tools, blind consumption, temperatures over 25 degrees Celsius,
working during night, unreadable manuals,
mobile phones, Murphy's law, my son's speed on playstation,
lots of gray hairs on my chest, arguing with my daughter, I'm senior on tatami, I'm afraid I can make this list very long..

Likes:
family, friends, judofights, AC/DC, my guitar, having strong wind while sailing, time to do things in garden, positive feedback,
visiting great modern architecture, running with my dog, Youtube, making sculpturework...