Down in the Woods began with a melody. It became a panda bear carrying a stag’s antlers on its back. I carved the sculpture from a trunk of catalpa wood. Down in the Woods – a sculpture like an absurd nursery rhyme. For decades, songs from […]
The Right Direction shows an arm with a hand pointing downward, toward the earth. Not aggressive, not accusatory, but determined. The Right Direction, pointing downward, toward the earth. I borrowed the direction of the hand from the famous Hand of God in Michelangelo’s ceiling painting in the Sistine
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Rise, climbing toward an ecological society, is a sculpture full of symbolism. What you see are two feet reaching the top of a ladder. What does it mean? That may be something different for everyone. Rise: Climbing Toward an Ecological Society Those who read the
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Jan Bom is a man on a mission. That is how poet Leo Mesman introduces the art volume Dendroism, Stories of the Wood. “A delight to the eye,” Mesman writes in his review on his website. The poet Leo Mesman, photographed in 2010 beside a tree
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Praise for Dendroism is already emerging as the first copies of this publication have been presented. Wood artist Emile van der Kruk describes it as a beautiful collection of images that, for the first time, signals an international trend. Increasingly, artists take the original shape of a
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Whale watching is an unforgettable experience. I still remember how gracefully those giant humpback whales dived, off the coast of Nova Scotia in Canada. Whale Watching is a sculpture that allows me to relive an unforgettable experience at home, every day. Whale watching. A surreal combination
The website Wowwood about wood art has received more than 100,000 visitors since February 2025. This weekend of January 17-18, 2026, the milestone was crossed with 100,656 visitors. Lately Wowwood welcomes more than 350 people per day. Wowwood now receives 100,000 visitors per year, with
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On rising seas depicts Poseidon emerging from the waves. The Greek god is more powerful and vengeful than ever. Due to the warming seas and oceans, increasingly powerful hurricanes are plaguing humanity. On rising seas shows the Greek sea god Poseidon, looking up, at a
Where’s that wolf? is a wooden panel about the hunt for the Dutch ‘problem wolf’ Bram who was missing for months. Eventually the animal was shot. Where’s that wolf? Take a good look at the right curtain. On my panel too the wolf is not
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On the Beach is about a sun worshipper. She is on the beach with a golden shell as a hat. A lying ‘razor clam’ serves as a pedestal. On the Beach, enjoying the sun. On the Beach is a follow-up to the commission to make
