When I was a kid. The first that comes to mind is a little comic strip I made. I ripped pictures out of the newspapers and added some of my own drawing to come up with new images to tell a story.

I think I wasn't really conscious of what I was doing at the time, but I think it instinctively is about storytelling. To come up with something new and of course an outlet for my creativity.

Imaginary and atmospheric images, old prints, black and white illustrations and woodcuts, magical realism and surrealism.

I like to do something new every time, but I think the common denominator is that I'm trying to get a grip of how art and people are placed in time and what kind of influence time and change has on the human condition. Trying to get a sense of the patterns I notice.

Not sure, it's the same mind at work.

Most of the time, yes. Whether it is for a moodboard, some concept sketches or the final artwork. It always consists out of two or more layers or images.

It creates new meaning and by doing that it gives me new perspectives of the world and changes and widens my understanding. I'm very much into hidden meanings and getting to know the unknown. The mysteriously unknown is filled with wonderful things. The layers that are apparent in collage and make a whole are only a reflection of a greater reality. Collages are so much out of touch with reality as we know it as it places objects out of its original context. There is so much to discover and there are a lot of ways to interpret collage and its narrative. As with movie montage, a collage is montage and a construction as well, all packed inside one image. It's trying to tell you plenty, it's very layered, literally and figuratively. That's the power of collage and what's so great about it.

Certainly, there are choices you have to make, as with every other method of image making, you have to choose layers that suit your concept best. As with painting you have to choose what colour of paint suits best. Same strategy, although they have a very different impact on the outcome. Putting in several layers for a collage can be much more surprising and astounding.

Une Semaine de Bonté, a graphic novel composed in collage by Max Ernst, is my favourite. I also enjoy the collages by Mark Lazenby.

I somewhat dislike structure and systems, although collage is a method of image making, I'd rather play around intuitively. I enjoy getting my message across using metaphors and archetypes.

Only digitally.

Probably sounds boring, but the internet.

Collage is the final product of the actions and thoughts, of the mind of the artist, and therefore it is part of the artist.

Digital, it doesn't have any limitations, you can tweak around with the layers and with the composition you prefer to have.

I use Photoshop.

Sometimes, I either scale or crop them, change colours or blend them in with different layers.

I think people will continue using it, especially digital collage. What I would like to see is a collective way of making collage with new technologies. In the future I'd like to make an interactive installation to realize this.