The Expanding China Series by Patrick Bergsma

In the expanding China series, I picked up my fascination for chinaware again. Our human culture has a long history making and decorating ceramics and porcelain. The shiny surface of it is a perfect contrast with the natural elements in my work. I developed my own techniques to make bonsai trees and flowers using coconut fibre, polymers, kaolin and quarts. I combine the ancient Asian arts of Ikebana, bonsai, and penjing with antique porcelain. In Holland there is a long tradition of influence by the East. What we call typically Dutch like Delft blue was originally an attempt to imitate the very popular porcelain imported from China and Japan. In this series I often use these 17th century “imitations”, combined with the natural elements like bonsai and ikebana. In japan there is a tradition to repair broken porcelain with golden glue called kintsugi. According to the philosophy it treats breakage and repair as part of the history of an object, rather than something to disguise. In these works, it is as if the natural elements reshape these old cultural remains from our civilization.

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A classic cowboy, reimagined in pop tones and candy colors. The Lone Ranger strips the Wild West of dust and dirt, replacing it with bold pinks, crisp whites, and a background that glows like a warning light. Mounted on a spotless white horse, his silhouette is timeless — but his styling is anything but.

Gone is the rugged realism. What remains is pure symbol: heroism rebranded, attitude over authenticity.

The mask, the pose, the raised rifle — it’s all about presence. This cowboy doesn’t ride into town. He owns the frame.

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Batgirl steps out of the shadows and into full spotlight. In Batgirl Inc., the iconic vigilante is rebranded — sleek, bold, and dripping with pop appeal. Her suit becomes a fashion statement: saturated with color, texture, and attitude. The classic Bat-emblem still anchors her identity, but everything else is remixed in candy-coated chaos.

Set against a background of graphic shapes and bright primaries, she stares the viewer down with confidence. This is Batgirl not as sidekick or symbol — but as brand, icon, and powerhouse in her own right. A superhero built for the era of high gloss, high impact, and high visibility.

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In Superman Reloaded, the legend gets a fresh coat of power. Classic meets cutting-edge in a version of Superman that’s bold, graphic, and impossible to ignore. His stance is strong, his presence iconic — but the surface tells a new story.

Half-painted, half-complete, he looks like he’s breaking through — or just getting started. This is not a throwback. This is an upgrade.

Stripped of softness, charged with color, Superman Reloaded captures a hero mid-shift: between nostalgia and now. Still the symbol we know — but sharper, louder, and built for today.

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Oil painting on Canvas
120 x 90 cm

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This isn’t the Wonder Woman from mythology — this is the version dipped in pop, polished with gloss, and ready for the spotlight. Bubblegum Amazon transforms the legendary warrior into a bold, body-painted icon floating in a fantasy of bubble shapes and dripping colors. She’s not just standing her ground — she owns the space.

The candy-coated palette, confident pose, and surreal details blend comic book energy with pop fashion flair. It’s playful, powerful, and unapologetically loud. Wonder Woman has never looked this fierce — or this fun.

A new kind of Amazon: sugar-sweet, sharply styled, and totally unstoppable.

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Edition of 21

It’s quite unique for any artist to dedicate their entire art career, to a single symbol, but Michel Poort did the impossible. He made love, his sole focus. You have no-doubt seen some of his pieces in one of our hotel collections before. Paintings, sculptures in every material, size and form. Michel Poort is the artist of the heart. And he always keeps surprising us with something novel. He found a way again, to mix his unique message with new materials in some new cool style. And here they are:

The diffuse by Michel Poort. Hearts that don’t begin or end, but that are created based on the angle you observe them from, and the light they receive. What a message. These pieces do not contain any lamps, but they absolutely shine.

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Edition of 9

It’s quite unique for any artist to dedicate their entire art career, to a single symbol, but Michel Poort did the impossible. He made love, his sole focus. You have no-doubt seen some of his pieces in one of our hotel collections before. Paintings, sculptures in every material, size and form. Michel Poort is the artist of the heart. And he always keeps surprising us with something novel. He found a way again, to mix his unique message with new materials in some new cool style. And here they are:

The diffuse by Michel Poort. Hearts that don’t begin or end, but that are created based on the angle you observe them from, and the light they receive. What a message. These pieces do not contain any lamps, but they absolutely shine.

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Walcheren, Zeeland | The Netherlands, 2021

Amsterdam might have been the most important of the six cities that participated in the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, or VOC for short), but Middelburg in Zeeland was a strong second. Thousands of Zeelanders worked in the company’s offices and shipyards. Its warehouses were overflowing with the precious spices, tea, silk and china with which the VOC was making a killing.

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Kim, Tess & Maaike | Marken, Noord-Holland | The Netherlands, 2021

Marken has always had a love/hate relationship with the sea. Of course, the water provides the islanders with a source of income; life here is unthinkable without shipping and fishing. But the sea is also a fickle mistress, giving lavishly one moment and savagely carrying everything off the next.

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Scheveningen, Zuid-Holland | The Netherlands, 2021

The first fishermen settled in Scheveningen in the 13th century, when the Counts of Holland founded the nearby hamlet of Die Haghe, which eventually became The Hague. The nobility had a taste for fresh fish, and the Scheveningers enjoyed earning a pretty penny from the high and mighty. And although they didn’t feel like they were part of The Hague, Scheveningen was never actually a village in its own right.

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