Bubbles, 27×30,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026. (SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Chimpanzee Bubbles was kept as a pet by Michael Jackson, when he matured into a large and aggressive adult, like many captive chimpanzees unsuitable as a pet, he was disposed of, he now earns his living painting at the center of Great Apes in the USA.
Tilikum, 23×31,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Killer whale Tilikum, a male orca who was captured near Iceland at the age of two, spent most of his life at SeaWorld in Florida, USA. During his captive life he killed three people, amongst them his female trainer, he died of a bacterial lung infection at the age of thirty six in captivity.
Dolly, 14,5×18,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Sheep Dolly, the first cloned mammal ever to be created from an adult cell, affectionately named after country music legend Dolly Parton, she caused excitement and controversy among both scientists and the public. She died at the age of six and her body is on display at the National Museum of Scotland .
Baloo, 26,5×18,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Bear Baloo, aka the loneliest bear on earth, has been imprisoned for 23 years in a small cage in a ski resort owned by a rich businessman in Romania. A long term petition to free Baloo led to thousands of signatures, still the owner refuses to release him since he claims the bear is his property.
Sudan, 35,5×59,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Rhinoceros Sudan, the last male Northern white rhino who lived in Kenya, due to massive poaching Sudan was protected by armed guards around the clock, he was euthanized after suffering from age related complications, the species is extinct.
Laika, 13×15 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.(SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Dog Laika, became the first creature to orbit the Earth, as the Russian technology to re-enter the atmosphere had not yet been developed, Laika’s survival was never expected. She died in space due to stress and hyperthermia.
Mary, 50×39,5 cm, pencil, charcoal, oil and acrylic on canvas, glued to carton, mounted with a nail on MDF, 2025/2026.
Elephant Mary, known as “Murderous Mary” performed at the Sparks Circus, after bullying her for days she killed her handler , a circus employee, she was executed in public, hanged by the neck on a crane in the town of Erwin, USA.
Skull, 5×5 cm, Swapped for Wool, private collection Rotterdam.
Hybrid#1, 190×90 cm. (SOLD, private collection Rotterdam)
Pulchri Studio is organizing an exhibition in honour of Christiaan Huygens, he is seen as one of the greatest inventors in Dutch history.
Learning more about this 17th Century scientist I was blown away by this remarkable person; he invented the pendulum clock, was an important mathematician, physicist and astronomer, and was the first to see the ring around the planet Saturn.
Since his work is so groundbreaking, my painting turned into a hurricane.
My contribution is based on a portrait of Christiaan Huygens however there are so many female inventors and scientist who never achieved the same spotlight throughout history, I decided to give it a female touch.
My “warrior”, her feathers for movement and her face painted as a sundial referring to time.
