Eddie was born in
Sydney Australia to Dutch immigrants and began painting as a young
teenager, which he continued throughout his life. He lived in The
Netherlands for two years and gained a taste for the extreme sport of
skydiving. Back in Australia, he continued skydiving and added scuba
diving, skiing to his extreme sports, which complimented his studies in
architecture and fine art from which he gained a Bachelor of
Architecture. Eddie was interested in finding the true nature of art
and its opposite science and studied psychology and philosophy in his
spare time, which gave him an alterative viewpoint to his creative and
sporting interests.
After 502 jumps and a narrow escape, Eddie ended skydiving and learned
how to fly light aircraft and became a Private Pilot, which he equated
to “armchair skydiving”. He built an architectural practice offering
services in housing, educational and commercial projects. He realised
he had to sacrifice his free, easy and exciting life, for a stable
family life that complimented his free spirit. He married, had
children, designed and built a unique house Southwest of Sydney. He
always had a natural inclination towards art, dreams and the
unconscious in general and journeyed deep into this mysterious world of
ideas and characters. Eddie explored this inner world, documented some
of the stages in paintings and brought together his findings in the
form of a book called The Idea of Unity.
Eddie always knew that one had to live life while the body was young
and robust, and reflect on life when older and is continuing his work
with the myth making unconscious and expressing its treasures.
