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His works of art are usually not the representation of something recognisable. It does not represent but it expresses', he once said about one of his sculptures. Nevertheless, Voorburg sculptor Pim van der Maas has no problem with viewers seeing something in his sculptures. He himself takes part in the 'association game'. This is evident from an interview in the 'Leidsch Dagblad' of 17 May 1995. In it he says about a sculpture of his in Voorschoten: 'It has no title, but you could call it a leaf'. It also looks a bit like a wing, there is a certain movement in it.
You can also look at his sculpture in The Hague in the water of the 'Uilebomen' in the same way. You can recognise a leaf, a sail or a feather in it. And the sculpture is static, but in a certain light it seems to move. That is because of the blue 'splashes' on the silver leaf. The oval pieces of Perspex are reminiscent of falling raindrops or sparkling sunspots. In front of the sculpture, eight oval silver plates, each on a stand, protrude just above the canal water. They represent the reflection of the blue 'splashes' on the water's surface.
For Van der Maas, the feather - the most common association - refers to heaven and the water at the foot of the work of art to earth. He simply calls his 1988 sculpture 'Uilebomen', after the canal in which it stands. In 2021 this sculpture was moved to the Zuiderpark.