Atelier
Bigaro Noir
Speltkorenstraat 39420 Erpe Mere
Belgium
+32 473 97 60 02
paulvanimpe@proximus.be
PAUL VAN IMPE
Paul Van Impe was born in the little East Flemish village of Kerksken in 1951. Even as a child, he proved to have a talent for drawing. In order to learn a trade, he trained to be a technical draughtsman, besides studying at the Academies in Aalst, Zottegem and Anderlecht.
Van Impe soon developed his own style and work. Gallery owners in Knokke, Maastricht, Brussels, Ghent, Kortrijk, Liège, Cologne, Aachen and Provence readily showed his paintings to their clients.
The female nude, the recurring theme in his work, is always below the surface or dominantly present. Throughout his years as a painter, he shows the nude explicitly or at a slight remove.
His work revolves around the dichotomy between abstract and figurative, without ending up in either extreme.
He works on cardboard or canvas, draws strong lines, applies acrylic using a water colour technique and works with collages and a mix of techniques.
His palette is variable, rich in contrast, lively or subtle in hues and nuances, never bleak or monochromatic.
Paul Van Impe loves to share his professional expertise with others and is therefore available to guide people in developing their painting skills. His students highly appreciate his approach.
The canvas may initially come across as an abstract image, but on closer inspection, the work appears to contain a story for the viewer to read and construct using the various elements that are there to discover, such as the hint of an erotic female nude, little arrows, geometric shapes and natural elements that dance across the canvas.
The artist can draw on a wealth of symbols and emotions that he has stored in his internal world throughout the many years in which his work has evolved.
He passionately portrays the world as he sees, dreams or imagines it, or as he experiences it while painting.
Paul Van Impe was born in the little East Flemish village of Kerksken in 1951. Even as a child, he proved to have a talent for drawing. In order to learn a trade, he trained to be a technical draughtsman, besides studying at the Academies in Aalst, Zottegem and Anderlecht.
Van Impe soon developed his own style and work. Gallery owners in Knokke, Maastricht, Brussels, Ghent, Kortrijk, Liège, Cologne, Aachen and Provence readily showed his paintings to their clients.
Painting evolution
The primal drive in Paul Van Impe’s painting is his desire and urge to express his feelings, emotions and experience related to the degree of proximity or distance from the female world at a particular phase in his life.The female nude, the recurring theme in his work, is always below the surface or dominantly present. Throughout his years as a painter, he shows the nude explicitly or at a slight remove.
His work revolves around the dichotomy between abstract and figurative, without ending up in either extreme.
He works on cardboard or canvas, draws strong lines, applies acrylic using a water colour technique and works with collages and a mix of techniques.
His palette is variable, rich in contrast, lively or subtle in hues and nuances, never bleak or monochromatic.
Paul Van Impe loves to share his professional expertise with others and is therefore available to guide people in developing their painting skills. His students highly appreciate his approach.
Work in 2018
Bright colours that evoke atmosphere and emotion stand out in Paul Van Impe’s most recent work. He playfully makes a connection between the colour areas and his familiar line drawings, scratches, powerful contours, text fragments, and extra colour accents.The canvas may initially come across as an abstract image, but on closer inspection, the work appears to contain a story for the viewer to read and construct using the various elements that are there to discover, such as the hint of an erotic female nude, little arrows, geometric shapes and natural elements that dance across the canvas.
The artist can draw on a wealth of symbols and emotions that he has stored in his internal world throughout the many years in which his work has evolved.
He passionately portrays the world as he sees, dreams or imagines it, or as he experiences it while painting.