Mixed media

9x5cm

2024

This pill box has changed container and content. Diverted from its primary utility, it is transformed into a piece of art that evokes some miracle beauty product. The subject here is to mock this age-old desire to keep up the apparences and stay for ever young whatever the costs. This artwork suggests this recurrent theme in my artistic journey - the passage of time - and the answer to slow down the process.

Mixed media

31x30x20

2024

This piece of art represents a clock from another era whose mechanism has stopped. A part of the object is covered with a layer of terracotta. It seems frozen in time, caught in a magma of living blood. It evokes the precarious balance between humanity and nature. This work raises the issue of global warming and the time remaining for humanity to react while the clock is still running.

The red colour suggests the primary colours that babies remember first. The artwork reminds the public the importance of educating young children about culture, art and history in general.

Château Bois de la Pause

Wine label - Print and drawing on paper

11x9cm

2024

The work illustrates the label on a wine bottle of the imaginary Saint-Emilson domain. Behind the bucolic and naive side of this illustration, there is a more pragmatic approach to the topic. The work evokes the old age and the alcohol. Through the rhythm of the seasons and the passage of time pictured clockwise on the label, the aging of the beverage will allow the tannin to mix the components of the wine and will offer a harmonious whole. It suggests the years that pass by and questions the viewer about old age and its marks on our bodies and our characters in the same way that it acts on tannin. The artwork challenges the public about their relationship with alcohol. The public health message here mocked " Taking a break is good for your health ", clearly readable on the back of the bottle, opens this debate and broadens it to the consumption of products which can have either a positive or a negative effect on us.

Ashtray, sewing thread, cigarette.

5x15cm

2024

This artwork is a metaphor of life which is slowly consumed as time passes like a cigarette on the edge of an ashtray and evokes the enjoyment of different substances used to escape from the day-to-day life.

Series of photos taken with a mobile phone

Installation with cones

Various dimensions

Valais, Switzerland 2024

This series of accumulations of cones is inspired by the daily activities of the squirrel. 7 sites like the 7 days of the week were selected during some walks in the mountains of the Valais region. Each site welcomes 24 cones like the 24 hours of a day. Unlike the myth of the squirrel which seems to forget where he has hidden his treasures, the different sites have been consciously listed by an application to easily identify their locations. Metaphor of the passage of time and the hard work of this little rodent which tirelessly day after day amasses its reserves for the winter. This poetic and ephemeral installation raises the issue of memory loss over the years.

Drawing on paper

140x160cm

32 sheets of paper ( 29,7x21cm ) - 150gr/m2

2024

This work evokes the flight over a fantasy island. It challenges the viewer by questioning his/her relationship with the notion of travel and time. In this concept, the final act of creation is the cutting of the work into 32 sheets glued together in order to create a map with its folds and flaps. The process of construction, deconstruction, reconstruction suggests a temporal evolution. Different elements such as an airport, a volcano, a nature reserve remind the viewer of the challenges related to the preservation of nature, global warming, mass tourism, intensive agriculture and confront him/her with the ephemeral side of existence, accentuated by the irreversible ticking of the clock. This artwork is foldable as a real map.

Polystyrene and various materials

42x40cm

2024

The concept of this creation finds its origin in this reflexion : our architectural heritage is threatened by the passage of time. It evokes an imaginary vestige of a vanished civilisation which revered time. It is a poetic work which is elaborated according a chronology defined in three stages: construction, destruction and preservation. It constantly oscillates between imagination and reality and suggests the ravages of time. It raises awareness among the public and the future generations on the urgency of bearing witness, of preserving irreplaceable heritage, of honouring memory and elders, of saving the culture and traditions of our democracies.

Drawing on paper

21x21cm

2024

This drawing was created for an art competition celebrating James Ensor in Brussels, 2024. Influenced by the work of artists such as Fausto Melotti, Kaffe Fassett, Josef Frank and Serge Poliakoff, I use colour as an ambassador of nature, of the ephemeral nature of life, of the passage of time - a common thread in my work. I wanted bright and deep shades like in the light and dark periods of Ensor some create different dynamics in the composition.

The circle in the middle of this architecture contains faces with black features on a white background. A nod to the Mexican masks that celebrate the Day of the Dead. Inspired by the universe of my series “The Molly Wolly Marcus Show”, they are these strange masks that break up my explosion of colors. They pose before Carnival – this upside down world. I wanted them to be naive, with anguished smiles and overly red lips, with the simple features of children. Life and death. In the same circle that turns like the hands of a clock. And time passes.

Photomontage made with a mobile phone.

Size A4

2024

This photomontage evokes a travel back in time. It reflects the passage of time, the information dinosaurs such as the magazines printed on paper, the cult of beauty and the imperative of youth in the artistic world. This work created from scratch with no existing reference illustrates at the same time the massive phenomenon of the fake news and underlined the value of the sources of information.

Frame, glazed gold paper.

13x19cm

2024

An original date ( Year, month, day, hour and minutes ) is hand-engraved on a handmade mirror. The temporal referent depicts the precise moment of the act of engraving and aims to suspend the process of time. This work invites the viewer to look in the mirror, symbol of narcissism and ephemerality, and to observe the wear and tear of time on the face. The viewer becomes part of the concept. "Mon beau miroir" has been the starting point of a temporary installation suggested for a call for projects at "Centrale", the Contemporary Art Center of the city of Brussels.

Series "Never Forget"

Photomontage created with a mobile phone. 

Cemetery of Dieweg, Brussels. 2024

The disused cemetery of Dieweg in Brussels offers a creative playground in the respect of the site. Around paths, the eye captures elements of past lives. The black arrow slightly visible in the pictorial composition evokes the continuity of existence for the loved ones who remain to honour. This element however deliberately brakes the harmony of the whole and reminds the viewer the duty not to forget these men and women who died and are still dying in the name of freedom. This symbolic dimension of the work unfortunately remains relevant in a world where extremes reappear from darkness. With the choice of this particular landscape where nature regains its place, where life triumphs over death, this artwork delivers a message of hope.

Sculpture

Various materials

120x15cm

2024

This sculpture represents a tree which patiently waits to reborn when the winter ends. It questions us about our relationship with the passage of time and evokes the impact of time on the body. It reveals those physical and psychological scars of our lives.

Series of photos taken with a mobile phone - 2024

A bench is this passive witness to the flying time. It is a place where we come to rest and savour the present moment. It promotes social connections at a time when citizens are more alone than ever. It is a symbol of openness to discussion. Like an inert sculpture, it suddenly comes alive when we sit there. Then it resumes its posture as a piece of art when we leave it.

Painting on canvas - 2023

 120x150 cm - Coloured markers and pencils

28 drawings hang lightly from a washing line , attached to clothespins. Clichés of everyday life, quirky characters and humor compose this work which suggests the ephemeral side of life. This painting combines both elements of my first series "Elements sages" and the characters of my series "The Molly Wolly Marcus Show". 

Series of paintings on canvas. Mixed techniques. From 2022

The wall, an omnipresent architectural element in our environment, allows a multitude of functions. Protection, support, isolation. In the street, they become a creative playground for artists and anonymous individuals. Walls illustrate this existential need to leave a personal trace on earth and send the viewers face to face with their own solitude. There is both a political and societal messages behind those works. The damaged walls sculpted and worn by the action of time and human are witnesses of history. Those livid structures emphasise the importance of never forgetting the episodes of the past despite the passage of time in order not to repeat the same mistakes. 

Boxing gloves, grouting mortar and dried rose.

47x22x15 cm - 2022

This work evokes the lost fight against the flying time and the coming death. By drying the flower, the process of the passage of time is captured. The boxing gloves coated in a mortar suggest the fragility of existence and the notions of strength and resilience.

Model

Mixed techniques

17x21x32cm

2021

This model illustrates a future concept which shall be build in full size in the countryside in South Belgium. It evokes the tree of life, the cycle of the seasons and the passage of time. The tree stands in a circle marked by four vertical concrete slabs representing the four cardinals points. Each slab is engraved with an original date ( Year, month, day, hour and minutes ). This temporal referent depicts the precise moment of the act of engraving and aims to suspend the process of time. The composition reminds the viewer those places where he/she likes to come and relax, specially when he/she has lost his/her reference points.

Painting on canvas.

Acrylic and sand texture.

92x73cm x3 - 2021

This artwork evokes the cycle of life and the different day and night phases portrayed by the sun and the moon. Even if the painting is intended to be abstract, a distinctive figurative silhouette emerges influenced by pictorial scenes of the Far East. The hanging with a wallpaper as a background inspired by classical Dutch School from the 17th century reinforces the poetic movement of the solar system.

Series of drawings on paper - From 2019

This series invites the viewer to dream about a journey. Those artworks are the culmination of an artistic process which extends over time. I take pictures of sights flown by night. The earth seen from the sky offers a dazzling spectacle that the obscurity and the lights transcend. These are snapshots of landscapes. Those drawings immortalise a society in perpetual motion, hostage of the flying time.

Series of drawings on paper - From 2018

Different sizes

"The Molly Wolly Marcus Show" is made up of several colourful burlesque characters with an easy concept: bringing a touch of humour in our daily lives.  To get out of the daily routine, take a break and enjoy the time that flies in a more playful side of my art.

Those characters come out of the imagination of our childhood or from some classic movies. They represent different professions, scenes from everyday life or are simply inspired by people crossed in the street. A few lines are enough to plant his characters in a particular atmosphere.  Black and white, or coloured,  those illustrations inspire confidence and sympathy within a click. A direct language, a light tone and a quick stroke of the pencil are the fundamentals of  this collection. However, these illustrations often symbolise a daily news, an emotion or a social issue.

The concept is developed in other forms such as lampshades, wallpapers, flowerpots and paintings.

Table with top marble engraved.

60x52cm

2017

This table with a top marble engraved with several consecutive dates evokes the passage of time and the need to settle down.

Photography

Format A4

Printed on crystal archive paper supreme - 2017

This series of photos was taken from a bus stuck in Shanghai traffic on rainy evening. In this abstract composition from which emerge some colourful elements, the water drops running down the window are suddenly frozen in their movement. This natural process largely inspired the technique of painting in the series "Laisser une trace".

Series of paintings on canvas - 2016

Different sizes

How to slow down the process of flying time ? This question has become essential in my recovery after a severe surgery in 2011. This series is the first official act in my current artistic process. The flow of paint drops is frozen for ever on the canvas as soon as the paint has dried. Dates immortalise the present moment in the act of painting while the footprints suggest a movement, a human presence at a specific moment. All those elements provide an answer to the theme of passage of time that still remains nowadays.

Glass display case, key, alarm clock and beauty cream.

22x18x18cm

2015

Time impacts our faces as the years pass. A beauty cream could be the key to eternal youth, the way to erase the wrinkles of time. This artwork is one of my favourites because it evokes in its own way this theme of passage of time I like so much.

Elements Sages

Series of paintings on canvas - From 2011

Different sizes

A characteristic feature of my paintings and drawings is geometrical and organic forms where random elements which come up in the process of composition finally melt into a structured, colourful whole. These works evoke worlds where fantasy is the key of happiness. They are hymns to nature, to the beauty of simple things, to the contemplation.  

Poster 135gr/m2 - 118x175cm - 10 copies

Brussels - 2000

This poster framed in an advertising billboard is part of a project created for an art contest organised by "Palais des Beaux-Arts" in Brussels in 2000. This work is inspired by the numerous attempt to put an end to conflicts in the world such as the second Intifada. The theme evoked through this artwork is unfortunately still current. And the time goes by...