"black-white portrait" Drawing

Born in Belgium 23/10/1985.

The moment, the day, reality. My work stems from the people and places that surround me, has increasingly found its origin in the intense experience of daily life. I started painting at the age of five. As life twists and turns I decided to walk a different road when I was 17: I studied fashion to become a qualified theatre costume designer, a carreer which I still hold very dear, a future which might still be in store for me, an important source of inspiration for anything that might come. Nevertheless the urge was too strong. I returned to my first call, found out that creating, drawing, painting comes natural and is essential to me.

Since 2007 I have been working vigourously, intensively travelling through my personal experience and its expression through the different styles and skills of the art. It has been a continuous quest, which I hope it will stay: at times bewildering and imposing questions, at times questioning framework and style, but always interesting and stimulating. My art has evolved through time, as a person does, crossing many different borders such as style and topic, technique and timbre. It has become increasingly realistic, based on what the day today has to offer. Could that be a life phylosophy?
(text: Stein Pe)