I am a Belgian illustrator. I paint, draw, print and Photoshop images. I love working with different mediums, tools and shapes. I also love portraits. I find the human figure to be so full of everything, I could draw faces for the rest of my life. The way people think, behave, dress, talk, sing and all they do inspire me a lot and that really makes me want to portray them. Most of the time, Photoshop is the place where my images come together. I draw, paint, doodle, sketch and paste it all together in Photoshop trying to keep a handmade look but also to bring more to it by digitally retouching it. The feeling I want to convey with my images is something like:”great, he drew that, well done, but how did he get that look? How does that work?” Handmade yet slightly disturbing in the end.
I have three sisters, a beautiful wife, two young children and no pets. I find humans much more interesting and enough to look after. I was born in Belgium and I now live in Brussels. Traveled a lot. Held numerous jobs and finally settled on teaching. I teach at Saint-Luc in Brussels. When I do not teach, I draw and paint or I run the blog: jazzanddraw.com.
“J’ai voulu un studio de création rafraîchissant comme une brise de printemps, rassurant comme un arbre fruitier. Je l’ai voulu comme un jardin qui révèle des perspectives nouvelles, provoque l’étonnement dans un mouchoir de poche. Un jardin qui vous invite à parler, à vous raconter et dans lequel votre voix porte. Un jardin dont vous ressortiez porteur d’une nouvelle image, de nouveaux messages. Imaginés pour vous, créés sur vous.”
