Walking Drawings

Posture edition #58

This publication by Posture editions was released on the 16th of November 2024 @ cultuurhuis Warande, Turnhout. Text & interview by Barbara De Coninck (Dutch & English) Graphic Design by Katrien Daemers.

Ongoing sketchbook project (2008-now) of landscapes from several trips. Always drawn in ‘Plein air’ with black ink in Moleskin sketch books.

An early selection of works was shown in 2010 at ‘Wallpiece 10’, a group show ‘Natuur(studie)boek’ on sketch books with several other artists (Rinus Vande Velde, Hannelore Van Dijck, Arpaïs Du Bois, Piet Raemdonck, Jan Stremes,…), curated by Nikolaas Demoen.

ISBN: 978 94 9126 265 4

Interview Barbara De Coninck

I remember this really unkempt place with thorny bushes and a little brook—an exceptionally fertile spot. There were frogs, which was unusual. One bush was strangely hollow and cast a long shadow, all the way to a rock formation behind it. For a split second, it looked like a black hole, swallowing everything. That moment of revelation has really stayed with me. In my drawings, I want to create order out of chaos by erasing as much as I can. I am forever chasing perfection, without ever managing to grasp it. (detail from the interview)

Exposition De Warande

A selection of drawings and sketch books, a monumental ceramic wall piece and a video was exhibited at Cultuurhuis De Warande, Turnhout. From the 16th of November 2024 until the 6th of April 2025. Curated by Glenn Geerinck.

Vista Alegre

Vista Alegre (Portugal) invited me -for a residence, in the company of 3 other artists- to visit, observe and record (drawing and painting) on ​​site. For a taste of the history and vision behind the brand ‘Vista Alegre’ and in order to give my artistic vision on this place. What immediately struck me was the scale of the heritage: a chapel, a historic factory with kilns, archives & a museum, several shops (Bordallo Pinheiro), a theater and a hotel, surrounded by streets of employees' houses.

Residence

Watching over the red, terracotta tiled roofs were pairs of storks, who came to spend the winter in Portugal and seemed to be in full 'Spring mood’, despite the sometimes fierce rainy weather. I will now forever associate the clapping sound of the storks with this place. It reminded me of the historic Vista Alegre emblem with the Emu. Emus and Storks have something in common, they are both oversized birds, they could be nephews. Like echoes, uniting different parts of the world. I used this duo as ambassadors in some of my more illustrative work for Vista Alegre. Series of landscapes also emerged, where garden (nature) and architecture collide in natural or artificial, day and night light.

CADERNOS DE VIAGEM

Museum collection

The museum collection was a great source of inspiration & knowledge. The spirit of certain ages shone through the pieces, indirectly reflecting historic facts or playful, laconic criticism of prevailing politics.

A selection of Prints are in the collection of this museum.