Johan Derycke
Buy with PayPal Here’s one from last week I painted in Veltem-Beisem. The house is on a road that is part of some popular cycling routes. That’s also how I discovered this place. I’m grateful for the crooked lantern pole, as it looks beautiful. Yes, you are allowed to call me nuts… I think this…
Believe it or not, but I saw a crab crossing the street today, 160km out of the coast. I was in Aarschot today, where apparently they suffer from a Chinese mitten crabs plague. According to our local TV station ROB, the crabs have been accidently imported via shipped sea containers into Belgium, where they’ve spread…
Last friday, I worked my last day at the company that I’ve been serving for the last 5 years. Altough it was tough having to say goodbye to some lovely colleagues, I’m really glad I can say I have a new office now. At least for a little while, I will be painting a lot…
Initial thought: Eat it or paint it? Click here to bid I decided to paint it first and to eat it afterwards. Best decision I made today!
I’m sick and tired of seeing so much saturated colour in my paintings. There is only one way to react, which is to drastically change my approach. I’ve been painting with a very limited palette for the last couple of years, cad red, cad yellow and one or two blues. Sometimes I used alizarin and…
I will be at the painting atelier of Philippe De Smedt in SLAC between 16h and 17h CET today. I have 4 works at display and there are many more beautiful things to see. Please feel free to drop by and say hello. I’m looking forward to see you there.
Here’s the first painting of this new year. It took quite a struggle to make it because of self-confidence issues. It’s incredible how quickly my self-confidence (as a painter) vanishes even though it sometimes seems to take ages to take it back to an appropriate level; a level at which I’m not having to fight…
Here’s another one from 2015. I was drawn to the cast shadow of the tree on the greenhouse, caused by the rising sun. It was quickly changing shape and position so it was a matter of getting it right quickly and then sticking to what I had seen that struck me.
In an attempt to make up the lack of posts from last year at least a little bit, I’ll post some work for you to see here. This one was painted in the botanical garden in Leuven last summer. If I remember it correctly, it was during the month of may, but it could be…
Happy New Year to you! Allow me to start the new year well with a post right away on the first day. This painting was selected to be shown during the exhibition “Oogst” at SLAC in September 2015. Everybody seemed to love it for different reasons. Some liked the fact that I left a lot…
So it’s the last day of the year already. Exactly one year ago my mother passed away and to be honest, the year passed by faster than ever, or so it seems. I don’t think I made any resolutions last year, because there was simply no time for that. We had a funeral to arrange,…
There’s always about 15 to 20 people attending the life painting sessions at SLAC with Philippe De Smedt. The great thing about painting in group is the mutual exchange of information. Everyone has his or her own approach to tackle the subject and there are often interesting discussions/conversations as a result of a…