From canvas
to Broadway.

Exhibitions · New York City · 2 September 2026

It started with an empty canvas.

In mid-May 2026, after years of creating mostly in private, I made a small decision that felt surprisingly big: I was finally ready to let my art be seen.

Until then, art had always been part of my life, but mostly a quiet one. I grew up surrounded by my mother’s creativity and the art supplies she gave me to explore my own. I fell in love with the worlds painters could create through pigment, light, texture and individual brushstrokes. Later, my inner artgirl-nerd discovered code, digital editing and emerging technology, and another question began to fascinate me:

What if a painting didn’t have to end when the paint dried?

I began experimenting with ways to take something painted by hand and make it move, evolve and come alive. Traditional painting remained the origin; technology simply opened another chapter. And in May, I finally decided it was time to share that chapter with the world.

Three weeks later, Jireh happened.

Only a few weeks after taking my first steps on social media, I came across an open call by Shills for artists to have their work showcased in New York City.

I had barely begun my public journey as an artist. I had no long exhibition history, no large following and had only just started finding my way into the international art and Web3 community. But I had Jireh.

Jireh was deeply personal to me. It is about the seasons of life, which can sometimes feel light and effortless, but at other times can overwhelm you like a heavy storm. And yet, through it all, God’s Light always shines upon you and He never lets you go. Whether you believe in God or not, everyone recognises the struggle between good and evil and the contrast between lighter and darker periods in life. It is about moving toward light, even when you cannot yet see the destination. The title comes from the biblical expression “The Lord will Provide”.

So I submitted it. Not really knowing where it would lead. And then Jireh won.

From a small Dutch village to Broadway.

I was given the incredible honour of creating an artwork for a huge digital billboard on Broadway in New York City. For someone who had only just decided she was ready to become visible as an artist, it felt almost absurdly surreal.

“Hello World” to Broadway.

The work itself was about moving toward a light whose destination you cannot yet see. When I painted it, I did not know that the artwork’s own journey would lead from physical brushstrokes, through code, pixels and AI-assisted experimentation, to a screen above the streets of Manhattan. Nor did I know that I, a completely unknown artist from a small Dutch village, would exhibit amid the brightly illuminated streets of New York City.

Jireh II

The Broadway artwork became Jireh II—a second chapter born from the winning piece. Like Jireh I, it begins in the physical world. No generated starting image. No finished digital composition waiting on a screen. Just paint. Brushes. And an empty canvas.

From there, the painting took shape by hand before entering the digital world through movement, editing, code and carefully chosen technology, until the still brushstrokes began to live beyond the canvas.

Hand-painted art, brought to life.

Seeing the work on a mega billboard—as tall as a seven-storey building, mounted on a Broadway building in Main Square, New York City—was incredible.