The northern beach of Schiermonnikoog (one of the islands of The Netherlands) is very wide.
Call of the running tide is a line from the poem "Sea-Fever" by John Masefield. "I must go down to the seas again, for the call of the running tide; Is a wild call and a clear call that may not be denied; ... "

Marten paints acrylic on canvas, mixing the colours. He will never use a colour straight from the jar.

The artist found his inspiration in the enormous dimensions of the landscape in the north and the “Waddenzee”, the sea in the north of The Netherlands. His work is an expression of the silence you can experience standing in the middle of nowhere. An overwhelming feeling, which sometimes can be too impressive.
"When you are standing or sailing in the 'nothing', with the horizon 360 degrees around you, then you are connected with nature, the place you are. Then the silence is not in your ears only.”