Castle with knights (1975 – 1980)

A cartoonesque drawing of a castle, inspired by cartoons by Wim Stevenhagen and Gerit de Jager that I read in De Taptoe, a school magazine.

Bicycle race (1975 – 1980)

A cartoonesque drawing of a bicycle race, inspired by cartoons by Wim Stevenhagen and Gerit de Jager that I read in De Taptoe, a youth magazine that I read at school.

Indian (1975 – 1980)

A cartonesqe depicting of an indian. I really was into cartoons at the end of the 70s and I dreamt of being a cartoonist.

Spookkasteel Nulland (1975 – 1980)

Hitting my teen years I became fascinated by violence and horrors, impressed by bloody world war and medieval stories. I think for children depicting horrific scenes is a way to overpower hefty emotions that follow seeing ones.

Punk vs The Rolling Stones (1975 – 1980)

I remember drawing this one. In the hit news there was this debate about punk defeating traditional rockers like the Rolling Stones. Must have triggered my childish mind.

Soldier (1975 – 1980)

I was into cartoons for years and this one is no exception.

Landscape 1 (1975 – 1980)

A very early drawing in my childhood.

Landscape 2 (1975 – 1980)

A very early drawing in my childhood. I see that I attempted to depict nature in a realistic way.

Kiss (1975 – 1980)

This one might have done in 1978 or earlier, around the release of ‘I was made for loving you’. As a child I was crazy about them, also because of the funny costumes and because I liked rock very much. A typical kid’s drawing still.

Renault (1975 – 1980)

A very early drawing in my childhood. I remember I wanted to get the forms of the car just right and therefor I spent quite some time on it.