Outer World... Painting by Vandaelechristoph

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Original Artwork Painting, Acrylic / Oil on Canvas

Artworks classification

Original Artwork

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Dimensions Height 1.2in, Width 39.4in
Categories Abstract

For Christoph, the “movement of colour and shapes” is the source of his work’s form and energy. he finds those colours and shapes to be “just like the constantly moving landscapes we all live in,” and his dynamic abstract images capture the spirit of those landscapes. In his paintings, done in oils and acrylics on linnen and canvas, he lets his colours flow in a way that gives them a life of their own – such that the paint itself often seems to be in motion. he says that he fell in love with oils because of their “smooth, buttery texture and beautiful pigments” and that interest in texture contributes to the flowing, liquid quality of his images.

For all of their energy and spontaneity, however, Christoph’s works are the result of a meticulous process. he builds his paintings by applying multiple layers and thicknesses of paint, using palette knives and bruhes as well as other implements to give each image a powerful physicality and varied surface texture. The resulting pieces pulse with life on many different levels and create an engaging, many-leveled experience.

About this artwork: Classification, Techniques & Styles

Acrylic

Paint using traditional pigments mixed with synthetic resins.

Oil

Paint consisting of pigments bound with linseed oil or carnations. The traditional technique consists of superimposing layers of paint increasingly rich in oil for a solid and durable hanger.

Technic Painting

Painting is an art form of painting on a surface by aesthetically applying colored fluids. Painters represent a very personal expression on supports such as paper, rock, canvas, wood, bark, glass, concrete and many other substrates. Work of representation or invention, painting can be naturalistic and figurative, or abstract. It can have narrative, descriptive, symbolic, spiritual, or philosophical content.

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Vandaelechristoph

Belgium

I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it. (Barnett Newman) The paintings[...]

I know that it is impossible to talk about my work. And since it's impossible for me or anybody else to talk about my work, I feel I might as well talk about it. (Barnett Newman)

The paintings of Belgian artist Christoph are abstract explorations of memory and moments. Christoph describes his process as intuitive and instinctive, a journey to unlock his unconscious and release the marks life has left on his feelings and experiences. He works with bold, gestural application of acrylics and a meticulous application of oil paint, and through his abstract approach, the artist finds the freedom to express himself without censorship or restraint, although there is an internal logic to his work that emerges over time. His painting style also reflects his consciousness of the transient nature of things and the precarious bonds that hold people together.

"Christoph describes himself as a “man of the night,” but in many of his pieces there is an element of light, a break in the canvas through which he and the viewer enter. He comments that through his paintings he aims to discover more about himself – a self-reflective experience that may be shared by a sensitive viewer."

Painting is an exploration of matter, energy, and mind and their interplay and connectedness. My choice of colour and application are governed by my instinctive, "feeling" mind.

While painting, I become immersed in the visual reaction to the colours changing, dissolving, and reappearing. I sometimes apply transparent layers of colour which create illusions of atmosphere - gas, liquid, smoke, dust, steam or changing surfaces of water, corrosion, ice and chemicals. But they are not really illusions; they are simply what they are - a painted surface.

What was once solid paint and matter has now transformed into something stimulating mind-energy.
I also notice, that during the painting event, my mind has become sensitive, sharp, and aware.

More information on my official website!