Charnel

The impressionist movement is one a personally favor much, although you won’t see many paintings of mine in this particular style. I would prefer to be described as someone who has more of an eclectic oeuvre, but the love for Pierre-Auguste Renoir runs deep. And there is also a versed tradition to copy the greats…

There wasn’t a time in my life where I wasn’t engulfed by time spent on my own. Before I ever picked up painting, starting when I was five, I would retreat into my room and devour books and more books. Then later, I started writing, strolling around the town center, listening to music and singing…

I was feeling particularly vulnerable when this came to fruition. It had been a year since moving to the countryside, I had no friends yet or even family, not even in the broader area. Loneliness engulfed me. I was longing for some kind of company, a creature to share parts of my life with. Now,…

Jellyfish are marvelous creatures, aren’t they? They come in all shapes, colors and textures. One could paint jellyfish their entire lifetime and never get bored. But my motivation for this painting is antithetic. In Dutch, we have an idiom “kwal van eens mens”, which literally translates to “jellyfish of a person”, but it is used…

Always the head in the cloud, forever the romantic; just a few ways I have been described in my 33-year old life.This is a little play on Magritte, a little naive art, I had had but three painting classes when I painted this. But to this date, it still is one of my favorites. “Airhead”,…

Sometimes you try and paint a pretty picture and it turns into nothing less than an inferno.Admittedly, my life was absolute turmoil at the time.Isn’t it funny how art imitates life? “Calamité”, 2021Acrylic paint on canvas board, 25x25cm

It is not often I get to talk french anymore living in the flemish part of Belgium, but France and its people and objects will always have a speciale place in my heart. I especially love the way of socializing over a piece of cheese or more and some bread, accompanied by a good wine…

This assemblage of techniques and subjects is one of my favorites. Coming in short at 30x37cm, it features a Cycladic figurine, some text, a geometric form, a little surrealism and texture. Inspiration comes too easily so I tend to forget all I have planned. Help me remember I want to make more work like this?…

When I’m feeling lackluster, I tend to isolate. After a series of unfortunate events, I found myself having a nervous breakdown and I had to check myself in to hospital. I stayed there for quite some time, finding myself with idle hands and ample time. Fortunately I had picked up painting a little time before…

Must have been my third painting, and the first one I felt I could show. I had followed a few lessons under Teresa Argentina but I had fallen victim to homelessness and I had to quit my lessons. But it didn’t defeat me (entirely), and I remember logging around a suitcase with paints and canvasses…