Stef driesen paintings by monet
Stef Driesen Belgium, b. 1966
Influenced by the works of Northern European Old Masters, Stef Driesen’s paintings often incorporate references to art history through their colours, compositions, and subject matter. Through this lineage, Driesen draws from his own personal experiences to create beautifully expressive canvases evoking both emotional and physical sensuality. Using his own sexual identity as a platform for investigation, Driesen’s work expands upon the theme of man and nature: each canvas conceals a human form within his abstracted landscapes, creating a symbiosis between the romantic sublime and mortal carnality. Using a fleshy, earthy palette, Driesen’s canvases blur the bounds between tangible and psychological space. Watery grounds, delicate brushwork, and intensified tones lend a sense of dream-like terrain, translating materiality of paint into ephemeral fields redolent with contemplation, desire, and loss. In their poetic articulation, Driesen’s paintings convey the intimacy of the human condition, rendering it equally fragile and heroic.
Stef Driesen (b. 1966) lives and works in Brussels, Belgium and studied at PHIKO, Hasselt, Belgium, Academie Voor Schone Kunsten, Hasselt, Belgium, and SHIVKV, Genk, Belgium. He brings forward an interest in a more ambient space, providing atmospheric presence in the work.
Koen van den Broek, Stef Driesen, Yoon Suk One, Rinus Van de Velde
Participation at Jeonnam International Sumuk Viennale 2021 1 September 2021Gallery Baton is pleased to announce Koen van den Broek, Stef Driesen, Yoon Suk One, Gabriel Acevedo Veralde, Rinus Van de Velde participate to Jeonnam...Read moreStef Driesen, Germaine Kruip
'Light to dark, dark to light' at Cultuurcentrum Mechelen 20 October 2018The duo exhibition of Stef Driesen and Germaine Kruip, 'Light to dark, dark to light' starts on October 20th at Cultuurcentrum Mechelen. This exhibition is...Read more