Koen De Ceuleneer — Fragments of landscapes

I had the honour to work in interesting ateliers and to meet inspiring people, always filling my rugsack with techniques, moods and visions. During a whole year it was my job sanding Japanese furniture in a restauration atelier. There I realised I never moved away of Antwerp, but I learned to feel as if living abroad. Out of a landscape I draw what draws me, fragments, details, combinations, proportions : the fragments of landscapes I portray, become portrayed fragments of myself. The bond with the surroundings. Beeing surrounded by people who matter, whom I happen to meet over and over again, who are part of my culture, who are part of my life, who shaped my biografy. Surroundings that matter, places I happen to come over and over again, that are part of my culture, that are part of my life, that shaped my biografy. Recieving all these impressions, swallowing and digesting them, getting energy out of this proces to be able to give something back. I intend to leave this place better than I found it.