Escargot (2010) Painting by Marie Claire Van Raes

Born in Normandy and native of Belgium. 1 always drew; begin the oil paint in 1981 then the acrylic.
ln 2000 1 begin the sculpture on cellular concrete and soapstone.
I paint and sculpture in a universe where reigns the refJection the meditation, to look for anything but that???
Two sentences which l like particularly: " We can
« have made the tour around the Earth, without ever having made a single step towards itself bv« Confucius
" The paint comes From the place where the words cannot express themselves any more" Gao Xingjan. 1 sleep on the white sheet, ail the ideas, the questioning, the feelings which cali me. (The human being, the life, the nature, the material, the purified curves, spaces ... ).
Theo 1 work again for a long time in the doûte and the uncertainty between the conscious and the uncanscious, în search of the perfection which does nat exist..
When my exploration is enough reflected stored and assumed, 1 pass în the execution of the work. This last period adorned me Ît less stimulating; less exitante because it is necessary ta finish this search which remains a mystery!
ln sculpture l am more easily allowed dominate by the material whereas ' in paint, i realize in the rigour, the precision and the obsession.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1960
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• Groups: Contemporary French Artists