1. a personal message from the author

Hello there! On these pages you will find my portfolio, containing samples of my illustration work, along with sketches, doodles, personal work and puppets. I hope you will enjoy browsing through them.

2. Some information on the artist
Chuck was born in 1982 in an overgrown village somewhere among the moors and peat bogs in the north of the Netherlands. Where he spent his formative years climbing trees, drawing, reading and cycling a lot. All activities he still regularly practices.
He attended the Artez institute of visual arts in Kampen, graduating from the department of illustration in 2004. After traversing the country a couple of times with all his belongings, he left the Netherlands in october 2010 and is now living in Portland, Oregon.

In 2007 he received the Fiep Westendorp stimulation award from the Fiep Westendorp foundation, which was intended to let young illustrators be able to work on personal projects.

He has been featured on Drawn.ca, Pikaland and Spike Jonze's blog: Weloveyouso.com.

Chuck likes: Cats, books, cooking all afternoon, Small furry things, damp forests, Breughel, Terry Gilliam, old towns, doodling, deadly cakes, grotesque puddings, creepie crawlies, books, big trees, ancient puppets, scary rabbits, books, almonds, ginger, typewriters and did he mention books?
Chuck vehemently dislikes: Cars, cell phones, advertising, cauliflower, cheap bread, ugly book covers and getting up early.

3. Clients and publications
Boekie boekie magazine, Lemniscaat, Mijn naam is Haas, Pica educatief, Nrc Handelsblad, Querido, Flow Magazine, A Productions animation studio, De Volkskrant, Zone 5300, Via Rudolphi theater productions, Oog voor welstand magazine, comicbook magazine Het Salon, Schouwburg Rotterdam.

(Oh and need I point out I'm the maker of these images and therefore the copyright is well, not to pot too fine a point on it, mine? So if you feel like poaching some ideas go do it from some more talented artists in the public domain, I hear that Da Vinci chap was alright.)