about

I am forever amazed at the reflexive manner in which we read, see and interpret the world around us. By the way we understand one another, or think we do, without conscious thought. More specifically, by the role that our visual and written language play in this. This fascination fuels everything I do as an illustrator, writer and communications consultant, whether for commissioned assignments or for personal and experimental projects. I once thought that I had to choose between doing something with words or with images. But why should I? Seeing and reading are, at least for me, inseparable.

I work from studio vander, my practice and laboratory for text and images.