STATEMENT

WHY

good question

why do we do what we do

what are our motives?

I can only think of this

for me it’s worth it

I find it interesting enough to work on

the experience of freedom and creation

and the most peculiar and grateful moment when

my work is appealing to the viewer

HOW

intuitively, without a defined plan

because I like surprises

a lead from a previous work that makes me want to do more

the eager child

stay curious and go in different directions

while staying close

paint, erase, discover, repeat

switching of the mind and concentrate

courage and underlayers

until obviousness comes along

WHAT

I’m not a writer so it’s difficult

I choose to make images

abstract paintings because I don’t want to define

too complicated, too direct

untitled, mostly

the viewer has his own story

unspeakable

feelings and thoughts gathered 

in some chaotic balanced order

images and structures from the real world invade my paintings

unconsciously

the field of vision influences my inspiration

spatial surroundings

on the border of imagination

tranquility for the eye and with the eye also the mind

simplification, calmness and balance

childsplay

escape and recharge

not forgotten impressions

closeness, distance and common grounds

space

where do you want to be?

EDUCATION

1988-1992

graduated Sculpture - Beeldhouwkunst, Sint-Lukasinstituut, Brussel

BIO

I live and work in Wemmel, close to Brussels.

A lifetime ago I graduated in Sculpture at the Hogeschool Sint-Lukas Brussels.

Many years later, in 2018, I picked up the thread and started painting.