Digital collage using characteristic elements to paint a picture of these interesting cooperating villages uniquely situated on the border of Brabant and Limburg. In the Brabant village of Holthees, municipality of Land van Cuijk, they have a beautiful chapel dedicated to Mary. In the Limburg pilgrimage site of Smakt, municipality of Venray, there is a more than adorable chapel dedicated to St. Joseph. In fact, in Holthees-Smakt they do not care about provincial, municipal or diocesan boundaries. Together they have a soccer club, elementary school, brass band, carnival society, etc. What separates Smakt and Holthees is a beautiful stream that meanders its way from the Peel to the Maas. But there are two bridges across it, bridges that connect!
I dream up what a vague image, or even a blank sheet, inspires me to do. Then I set to work with that, shunning no technique or working form to turn it into an appealing and enduringly interesting image... Read more…