Hungry For Life Print

Liesbeth Willaert (°1981) is a Belgian contemporary artist, known for her very colorful, bold and fluorescent, “sunkissed” paintings in acrylic. Her works reveal, inspire and connect this  “Joy of Life” with every audience. Her unique style is due to the specific tension, or – a dance as she calls it – between organic and geometric shapes. Liesbeth is an internationally selling artist and has exhibited in New York, Paris, London, Monaco, Barcelona, Madrid and Belgium.   ‘MY WORKS ARE TRUE SELFIES’ Her works arises from a physical need of an “excess of energy” or “inner restlessness” as the artist herself describes, which is projected onto canvas in the form of organic shapes, big deliberate brushstroke marks, traces of pallet knives, bright colors and a multiplicity of techniques that create a chaotic, wild, but coherent colorful first underlay. Starting from this base, several different layers (up till 4 or 5)  are created one on top of the other, playing with overlap & opacity searching for interesting and surprising “dances” between the organic, intuitive shapes & the hard edged, geometric elements.
Each layer corresponds to a different state of mind. That’s why Liesbeth is always working on 2 till 3 paintings at the same time, because each layer requires a different “mood”. Adding geometry to a chaotic surface creates harmony, but requires concentration,  inner peace and patience. If Liesbeth is in a totally different mindset, the painting is finished at a different time or the painting gets a twist in the opposite direction, which is then brought into balance once again in the following layers. We could say, her works are real “selfies”. 'JOIE DE VIVRE' ON CANVAS: > Read her full story: > Follow her daily artist life on instagram: