Sometimes the two roads one thinks were running parallel, actually end up heading off not only to totally different directions but also to totally different spatial levels. And eventually one has to choose which to follow. I have finally, after months of pondering, come to the conclusion that I need to devote more time to my own personal art work instead of responding to commissions on a regular basis. In the past years I’ve been very lucky and have had the chance to create books for some incredibly wonderful people with whom our understandings have just ‘clicked’ in the most creatively fruitful ways. But because time is limited and my independent creative work has increasingly taken a backseat, it is now time to fully dedicate myself to remembering and reminding myself why I fell in love with making books in the first place. I will need to do some artful R&D, follow certain creative hunches and see where I end up. Therefore, you will no longer find the commissioning section on this website. (May08)

“Rose Mountain” (2007)
45×30cm, ink on parchment