A variation on 'The girl with a pearl earring' by Johannes Vermeer. As part of the major Vermeer exhibition at the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, the owner of the 'Girl with a Pearl Earring' : museum the Mauritshuis, issued a challenge to come up with a variation on the world-famous painting of the girl. This is the result of my personal variation in Vermeer's colours. The girl, but different. A number of submitted variations are competing for a spot on a digital board in the Mauritshuis where a number of selected girls will be on display. Maybe she will be among them.
Real encounters with people all over the world have attracted me from childhood. Traveling uninhibitedly unknown countries and continents and making contact with their residents. Those contacts with people in other parts of the world have taught me that the basic emotions of all people are the same. Unknown makes.. Read more…