IN MEMORY OF

Portuguese marble
2.20 × 1.25 × 0.30 m

What made this commission extraordinary was the husband of the deceased: Frank.
A strong, energetic man whose great love had died. While he talks about Mieke, their daughters and himself, I am all ears.
I feel humble and grateful to be able to do this. Perhaps this is the most important thing I can do as an artist.

Frank was charmed by my original sculpture “Monument for Two Lovers,” but I never make the same sculpture twice.
I did consent to let him have the title.
I used Mieke’s painting of sunflowers in red and yellow as inspiration

Portuguese and Guatemalan Verde marble
1.20 × 1.10 × 0.20 m

At the cemetery of St. Annaparochie in Friesland, the Netherlands, there were seven unmarked graves of asylum seekers.
Seven members of the Memento artist group volunteered to create a gravestone or memory stone for each one.

My asylum seeker’s name was Seyd Rasool Mavali. He lived to be 32 years old.
Aside from that, I know nothing about him—except that he came to this strange, cold land because his own had become unsafe.

I wish you, dear Seyd, what I would wish for everyone… but then a little more.

Various kinds of marble and onyx
0.65 × 0.75 × 0.10 m

Isa-Lynn lived only seven days. But her place in her family is a lasting one.
The mushroom, so loved by her sister, contains small elements that signify Isa-Lynn—and her siblings can play with them: a star, a heart, and a fish.

Aurora Rosa and Belgian Bluestone curbs
1.36 × 1.36 × 1.36 m

Dave died of a rare heart condition when he was just eleven years old. His parents asked me to create a memory stone—and a second piece for their garden, where his brother and sister play.

This way, Dave remains an active part of their lives.