The megacity is not a fixed entity but a living framework in continuous formation. Minimal architectural systems intersect with the unpredictable growth of tropical vegetation. Between repetition and wildness, control and emergence, the city reveals itself as an unfinished ecosystem—perpetually under construction.
Under Construction 1 | Sandpaper, photograph, paper and tape | 20 cm x 23 cm | 2026
Under Construction 2 | Sandpaper, photograph, paper and tape | 20 cm x 23 cm | 2026
Under Construction 3 | Sandpaper, photograph, paper and tape | 20 cm x 23 cm | 2026
Under Construction 6 | Sandpaper, cardboard, tape, packing paper | 21 cm x 31 cm | 2026
Under Construction 4 | Sandpaper, cardboard, tape, acrylics, bubble wrap | 23 cm x 30 cm | 2026
Under Construction 8 | Sandpaper, paper, cardboard | 21 cm x 30 cm | 2026
Under Construction 9 | Sandpaper, paper, cardboard | 21 cm x 30 cm | 2026
Under Construction 7 | Sandpaper, acrylic, wool, packing bag | 21 cm x 30 cm | 2026
Under Construction 5 | Sandpaper, cardboard, tape, acrylics, paperbag | 21.5cm x 30 cm | 2026
Tropical vegetation permeates the high-rise structures of the megacity, establishing a spatial dialogue between the built environment and the natural landscape. Repetitive architectural modules, reduced to formal and material essentials, articulate a rational and controlled urban order. This systematic minimalism stands in deliberate contrast to the heterogeneity, density, and self-organizing growth patterns of the tropical rainforest.
The project explores the tension between standardization and organic complexity, positioning architecture not as an oppositional force to nature but as a framework within which ecological processes can unfold.
Through cutting, layering, and reassembling diverse forms, colors, and materials, the mixed-media process mirrors the city’s evolving ecosystem. Fragmentation and reconstruction become both method and metaphor for the shifting relationship between architecture, nature, and intimate urban geographies.
Open Window | 30.5cm x 30.5cm x 3cm | fototransfer acrylic, pencil, plywood and balsa wood on wood | 2025
Open Window | 30.5cm x 30.5cm x 3cm | fototransfer acrylic, pencil, plywood and balsa wood on wood | 2025
Open Window | 30.5cm x 30.5cm x 3cm | fototransfer acrylic, pencil, plywood and balsa wood on wood | 2025
Open Window | 40cm x 40cm x 3cm | fototransfer acrylic, pencil, plywood and balsa wood on wood | 2025
Open Window | 40cm x 40cm x 3cm | fototransfer acrylic, pencil, plywood and balsa wood on wood | 2025
Triptych | Open window | 3 x 30.5cm x 30.5cm | Mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window blue | 30.5cm x 30.5cm | Fototransfer, oil, pencil, plywood, acrylic on wood | 2023
Open window purple | 30.5cm x 30.5cm | Mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window green | 30.5cm x 30.5cm | Mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window Botanic Gardens | 80cm x 100cm | Mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window at the Coast 1+2 | 28cm x 36cm | mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window at the Coast 1| 28cm x 36cm | mixed media on wood | 2023
Open window at the Coast 2| 28cm x 36cm | mixed media on wood | 2023
HDB 2 | 28cm x 36cm | fotofransfer, oil, acrylic and pencil on wood | 2024
Inspired by Singapore’s vision of ‘A city in a garden’ and influenced by my architectural background, this series depicts my idea of lush, tropic greenery meandering through public housing developments in the city-state.
Having called Singapore my home for more than 12 years, this is a personal journey through time and space. Several of the portrayed places, are ‘Intimate spaces’ of mine. Others are spaces I often pass by wondering whose ‘Intimate space’ they might be …
To better emphasize the diverse elements of ‘A city in a garden’ I created mixed media collages by cutting, layering and reassembling different forms, shapes, colours and media.
Collages | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | Framed 22cm x 27.5cm | 2022
Collages | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | Framed 22cm x 27.5cm | 2022
Eunos | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Eunos | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Eunos 2 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
HDB blue 2 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
HBD blue 1 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Tiong Bahru staires 2 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Tiong Bahru staires 1 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Tiong Bahru | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Eunos 1 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
352| Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
1740 | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
2840 | Mixed media |on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
Tiong Bahru | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5cm x 16cm | 2022
Eunos | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
HDB MBS | Mixed media on paper | Collage 16 cm x 10.5 cm | 2022
Botanic gardens | Mixed media on paper | Collage 10.5 cm x 16 cm | 2022
HDB Rajah Court | Mixed media on paper | Collage 16 cm x 10.5 | 2022
Contemplating about my home in Singapore, the East Coast/ Tanjong Katong area is an endless source of inspiration for this series. Merely by walking the streets lots of everyday, banal objects catch my eye. The omnipresent existence of these objects, complemented by stories from Singaporean friends and looked at from the point of view of a European, made me want to put them at the core of my new series.
The focal point, is the object itself, complemented by a simple, mostly two-dimensional background.
‘Little red dot’ is a historic nickname for Singapore and the way it’s depicted on many maps of the world.
Tea glass | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2023
Good morning towel | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Coffee in plastic bag | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Orange chair | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Blue bucket | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Street sign | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2018
Underwear | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019/2022
Lizard | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Chopsticks and chili sauce | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Peranakan tile | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Red chair | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2023
Yellow rubber boots | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Tiffin carrier | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Red flask | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Flip flops | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Chopsticks | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Postbox | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Kopi cup | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Poller | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2023
Tea pot | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017
Yellow chair | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Laundry | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2019
Streetlamp | Oil on canvas | 30cm x 30cm | 2017/2024
Take a rest on the bench.
Watch life pass by.
Let your mind wander
and your thoughts run free.
Inhale the smell of the flowers and recharge.
Feel the warm sun.
With my strong preference for colours and shapes in the context of my architectural background these colourful historical houses caught my interest the moment I moved to the east of Singapore.
Looking at them through the eyes of a European and with a blend of realism and abstraction.
‘Shophouse’ is one part of my ‘Intimate Space’ series.
It is a personal journey through time and places, where I can come to rest, pause, get new ideas and recover to fuel my imagination.
Shophouse blu | Mixed media on wood | 30cm x 30cm | 2021
Shophouse yellow | Mixed media on wood | 30cm x 30cm | 2021
Shophouse green | Mixed media on wood | 30cm x 30cm | 2021
Shophouse locked | Mixed media on wood | 30cm x 30cm | 2021
Shophouse grey | Mixed media on wood | 30cm x 30cm | 2021
Immerse into the cold clear water Let your mind wander
and your thoughts run free.
Get out of the water refreshed and recharged.
Feel the warm sun.
Colour contrasts and geometrical forms fascinate me.
I like to reduce my drawings to the essentials as it leaves space for imagination.
The water movement depicted by distorted lines, overlapping shapes and different blue hues is set in contrast to clear monochrome yellow shapes reflecting the warm sun.
‘Underwater’ is one part of my ‘Intimate Space’ series.
It is a personal journey through time and places, where I can come to rest, pause, get new ideas and recover to fuel my imagination.
Underwater 1 | Mixed media on wood | 41cm x 30.5cm | 2020
Underwater 3 | Mixed media on wood |30.5cm x 41cm | 2020
Underwater 2 | Mixed media on wood | 41cm x 30.5cm | 2020
Architectural structures and geometric forms gradually dissolve into open space. Solid frameworks begin with clarity and order, then slowly fragment, losing their rigidity and transforming into free, expansive surfaces. This process reflects the tension between control and release, construction and deconstruction. The moment when structure no longer defines space, but instead gives way to openness, possibility, and fluidity.
Structures and Shape 1 | Oil on canvas | 100cm x 120cm | 2018
Structures and Shape 3 | Oil on canvas | 100cm x 120cm | 2018
Structures and Shape 4 | Oil on canvas | 100cm x 120cm | 2018
Structures and Shape 2 | Oil on canvas | 100cm x 120cm | 2018
Inspired by my close surroundings and influenced by my architectural background, this series expresses my perception of Singapore, as well as its contrast of urban centers versus stunning nature.
Architectural structures, reduced to basic geometric figures are set in contrast to organic lines and shapes of nature.
Structures and Shapes | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes 1 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes 2 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes 3 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes 4 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes 5 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures and Shapes
Structures 2 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures
Battle lost 1 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Battle lost 2 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Structures 3 | Oil on canvas | 60cm x 60cm | 2016
Inspired by my close surroundings and influenced by my architectural background, this series expresses my perception of Singapore, as well as its contrast of urban centers versus stunning nature.
Architectural structures, reduced to basic geometric figures are set in contrast to organic lines and shapes of nature.
Moments 1 | Oil on canvas | 19cm x 19cm | 2017
Moments 2 | Oil on canvas | 19cm x 19cm | 2017
Simplicity 3 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2018
Simplicity 5 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2018
Simplicity 4 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2018
Simplicity 1 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2019
Simplicity 2 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2018
Simplicity 6 | Oil on paper | 15cm x 15cm | 2018
