Mexico 1986, my plein air sketch roots
While unpacking after moving between houses recently, I stumbled upon one of my first sketchbooks with plein air sketches. A pack of memories came back to me, together with the rediscovery of my roots of why I write and draw. I must have been around 19 years old at the time. Of course, I sketched… Continue reading
A commissioned travel journal
Almost without exception, my travel journals are for personal use. It does happen that an isolated drawing ends up as an illustration in an article or book. But then, it is out of his original context. So when the Deputy Creative Director of Road & Track (Hearst magazines) contacted me, I was challenged! If I… Continue reading
The creation of a story map: Moulin Saint-Augustin, Oppède
Estate map vs. story map In the creation of the story map for the Moulin Saint-Augustin in Oppède Provence, I started by learning the history on what estate maps used to be. Estate maps, also known as land maps or cadastral maps, have a long history dating back centuries. These maps were created to document… Continue reading
The landscape as memory
When we consider a landscape to be the memory of time, a collection of past events, I cannot but speculate when I see the breach in the dry stone wall where wild boars, coming from the mountain, have made a passage to look for water in the valley during dry periods. Continue reading
The cultural artefact in the Provençal landscape
Drawing is that rare thing that gives you a chance of very close identification with something, or somebody, who is not you. A quote by John Berger that stays with me … Continue reading
Jean-Paul Clébert’s house
Unfortunately less known and hard to find in translation, but for me, Jean-Paul Clébert is right up there with Giono and Bosco. Especially when you know that Guy Debord (Situationists) based his ‘dérive’ on the writing of Clébert. Continue reading
About Me
World citizen with a notebook in hand to write, sketch and tell stories with all senses present.
