The photo series 'landscape studies' originated at a time when I had an office job. In the morning and evening I commuted by train up and down from Utrecht to Amsterdam. In the crowded compartment, I was trapped behind the glass, which was all too often clouded and dirty. I stared at the landscape whizzing by and the people getting on and off. The triptych 'train view' is a reminder of that period.

From my office I looked out over the river 't IJ in central Amsterdam. During the day I watched the light, the skies and the ships change. Looking out through the window, but not being able to experience it. I superimposed some images of the view, resulting in a photograph in which time and space seem to disappear.

I took the blurred green landscapes from a greenhouse in Exeter, England, where my brother was living at the time. I spent hours in the greenhouse, fascinated by the limited view.

The series of blurred images of the sky I made in Utrecht, near a windbreak on the Waterlinieweg. The streaks and damage on the windbreak gave extra drama to the scenery. It became clear to me that the photographs were a reflection of the state I was in, not really happy with the life I was leading.

The 'landscape studies' were inspired by the work of Gerhard Richter, which I first saw for the first time in 2004 at the 'Pinakothek der Moderne' in Munich.