Christoph van Daele

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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.

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