Jean-Franois Debongnie

Jean-Francois Debongnie, born 1968, a native of Brussels, has been resident in Singapore since 1989. A self-taught artist, Jean-Francois favours large canvasses on which he explores the themes that inspire him in series such as "Red flowers", "Summer", "Dancing in the wind", "Landscape - China".

In these series Debongnie brings to life flowers - both as iconographic floral signatures which capture the essential qualities of a flower rather than strict botanical representations, and as part of a landscape in fields growing wild amidst ripening grain. Their overall impression is one of movement: wind-blown fields beneath swirling skies of monestial blue. In these series Debongnie favours a palette of late summer hues: ochres and Naples yellow, raw umber and burnt sienna.
The use of Chinese ink adds a dramatic fluidity to all his works. In the Summer series, perhaps the most atmospheric of his paintings, a horizon draws the eye beyond the ripe field to the turbulent stormy skies overhead, and the hint of an impending storm. In another ongoing series - "White Flowers" and "Chinese Landscape", Debongnie has chosen a more muted palette of greys, chalk, cream which both blend and contrast beautifully with the Chinese ink. These predom...

Debongnie's works can be found in different Art Fairs around the world & will have few solo shows as well for this coming year.
2014: Milan, Washington DC. Brussels, Stockholm, Hamburg, Zurich, Miami, New-York, London, Maastricht, Amsterdam, Mexico, Dubai.