Painting (pur sang)

Catharina Dhaen compares painting to a game of chess: in an impossible-to-determine number of moves, boundaries, shapes, colors, layers, and perspective are sought and explored, initiated, explored, and then adjusted. In the final canvas, the search never disappears: Catharina's work is simultaneously visually powerful and tangibly fragile.

Elise paints to sense and explore the complexity of the world.
Spaces that seem familiar become disorienting. Silence and movement meet the human desire for connection.
Here, in the present moment, a place arises to slow down, to look, and to feel.

Ems Verhaert is an illustrator and painter. He often creates large-scale murals. His work is colorful and inspired by fantasy, folklore, and horror.

For several paintings, Etienne used black-and-white photographs from the early 1900s as inspiration, reworking them in color.
He strives to render portraits as (hyper)realistically as possible.

An artist usually starts with something tangible; for Liliane, long walks through parks and valleys are a significant source of inspiration. The work of great artists gives her the impetus to pursue her own work with passion. Her work tends towards abstraction.

"As a person with a disability, I also need meaningful daytime activities within my limitations. I've been drawing my whole life, and a few years ago I decided to fully immerse myself in oil painting."

Arne's technique is based on the Flemish primitives. This means very patiently building up in countless layers of glaze, with the necessary drying time in between (30 layers are not uncommon!). This technique creates a very long and patient process leading to a finished painting. "This easily takes a year per painting, which is why I create several works simultaneously."