My still lifes are not created in a single exposure. Flowers, vases, leaves, insects and other natural elements are photographed separately and then digitally brought together to form a new composition.

During the process, I look for balance in colour, form, direction and visual tension. Elements are moved, added or removed until the image works as a whole. What ultimately emerges has, in that form, never existed in front of my camera.

The historical flower still lifes of the Dutch Masters are an important source of inspiration. Not to reconstruct those works, but as a starting point for a contemporary visual language in which photography and digital image-making come together.

In 2026, Alpha became my first fully developed series of autonomous still lifes. Six works in which flowers, Delftware vases, insects and other natural elements come together in carefully constructed compositions.

Built layer by layer. Not captured, but created.