Moana

Van Der Maesen

The message

My life took a new decisive turn with the discovery of this new passion for painting has become…

I am often asked how this came to me…

By retracing a professional and personal career that can be described as atypical (resignation from a private executive position to co-found the nana plastic bag movement, launch of the Ho’e ana’e armadillo adventure, writing a book, etc.) I think that art was part of a logical continuation of my life journey…I spent a good part of my young earthly existence questioning my daily life and looking for meaning in it, a real goal…

I think that my parents found my name well because, in addition to my activism dedicated to protecting this environment, it is quite natural that I paint marine scenes, highlighting the incredible richness of this mysterious world that we rub shoulders, on which we all depend and which we must preserve at all costs…

Therefore, I try to pay them a permanent tribute, hoping that through my art people will hear their call…