I'm a Dutch visual artist expressing myself through collage and painting.
My main source of inspiration is the USSR, their architecture and design.
As a person, I'm very ambitious and stubborn (though persistent sounds better.)
I'm always up for a good conversation over a cup of tea or a glass of wine and for petting cats.
A combination of those three things would get me over the moon.

CURRENT MISSION;
Successfully take an exam of Russian language, B2 level.

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

It's a great way to get insider tips on where to go :)
It's also a great way to meet people I otherwise would have never met. It makes me believe in the kindness of strangers.

Experience:
I couchsurfed around Poland two years ago. It was a liberating and very great learning experience and the most special trip I've ever been on. Now I'm aiming to feel that freedom again .

Interests

Painting, walking, second hand and antiques, gardens and plants, cats, brutalist architecture, the USSR, philosophy, decay of buildings, getting lost.

• cats
• arts
• poetry
• architecture
• walking
• reading
• traveling
• painting
• drawing
• languages
• collecting
• embroidery
• existentialism
• analogue photography
• brutalism
• ussr

Music, Movies, and Books

My favorite books are the novels by Simone de Beauvoir, I also enjoy Sartre and general books on art.
I enjoy listening to the silence, but if I should name few bands I do enjoy occasionally it would be Rammstein, Austra and Daughter. Otherwise I do enjoy jazz.
My favorite movie is Europa by Lars Von Trier. I'm quite fond of arthouse.

One Amazing Thing I’ve Done

I've written many letters to museum directors and persist in writing until I get something back. Thus I have received letters from contemporary art museums around the Netherlands. It's a very fun game and I secretly hope that one day it will help me to get my art in a museum as well.

Teach, Learn, Share

I'm more of an observer, let's just learn from each other through the art of conversation.

What I Can Share with Hosts

I can share my enthusiasm with you about numerous subjects, my time and I could bake you pancakes.

Countries I’ve Visited

Belgium, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Poland, Russian Federation, Sweden, Ukraine

Countries I’ve Lived In

Netherlands