poetry of feelings
366
different feelings, carefully collected, selected and studied
366
painted studies of feelings, by renown dutch artist Coen van Ham
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book to focus on your mental health every day of the year
how are you feeling today?
book
A calendar book with 366 different emotions. Painted by artist Coen van Ham. With introductions by prof. dr.Tineke Abma and art historian Pim Hoff MA. For a focus on emotional health every day of every year. Here available!
studies
All 366 painted studies are available and were presented at the large exhibition, in June 2025 at Kruisruimte Eindhoven, at Dutch Design Week, Galerie Persoon and De Kunstfabriek or your location?
workshops
What feelings do you have? Do you want to express and paint your own feelings? And reflect them with others? Or find out what your organisation can gain by the professional use of emotions? Book a workshop!
emotions
meant to be
body and soul
feel find and see
what’s inside of me
why this project?
I feel angry. Sad perhaps. I feel gentle. Maybe even more. Powerful. Happy. Ecstatic. I feel relaxed. I feel. I feel better now.
How do I form and colour in all those different emotions? Can my paintings help initiate the discussion about mental health? Experiencing art has a positive effect on your health and well-being. That appeals to me. I want to look into that further.
That’s why I painted 366 studies of different feelings. They’ll be visible to everyone in a calendar book. Poetry of feelings. So there’s a focus on emotional health every day. So you feel for a moment. Just experience yourself. To reflect on what is there.
How are you feeling today? What feelings do you have? Do you let your emotions show? And do you share them with others? I feel. Feel like myself. Join me in feeling?
Coen van Ham, artist
click here for the introduction movie
about the project
“Coen understands the art of empathising with how other people feel, of walking a mile in their shoes.”
Prof. Dr. Tineke Abma
“Balancing between the works of Bacon, Freud and Uglow, Van Ham’s work is an eternal searching through the human spirit.”
Pim Hoff MA
” Experiencing art has a positive effect on your health and well-being. That appeals to me. I want to look into that further. “
Coen van Ham