Chantal Grevers Artist Catalog | Agora Gallery

CHANTAL G R E V E R S

530 West 25th Street, New York, NY

Dutch artist Chantal Grevers creates artworks that meld Romanticism with the uncanny. Grevers draws inspiration from a yearly hike through the Dolomites with her family, filling her memory with enough natural beauty to fuel her artwork until the next year. Yet, Grevers’ interpretation of nature is not unequivocally beautiful; she is attracted to the darker side, and its often unpredictable and threatening quality.

She explores these two sides of our world and of her own identity through her work.

Grevers feels her status as a Gemini strongly, influenced by both her spontaneous, creative side and her organized, perfectionist side. Her work explores these dual facets of her personality, contrasting soft and loose forms with fluctuating brushstrokes and uneasy color.

In each of Grevers’ paintings, she places a geometric form, most recurrently a house. This house provides visual and emotional shelter from natural elements, and reflects the human desire to hide from the world. As Grevers’ paintings lean into contrast, a tension exists here between the angular traits of these geometric forms and the fluidity of nature. Grevers deftly manipulates both creepy and dreamy elements, ultimately allowing the viewer to take refuge in her work. Grevers studied her technique at the Academy of Art Haarlem Leiden in the Netherlands, where she pinpointed the exact themes she now expresses through her paintings. With each new artwork, Grevers digs even deeper into the contrasts present in herself and nature, developing new ways to translate them onto the canvas.

CHANTAL GREVERS ON

Once Upon A Time, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 47” x 39” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Wish You Were Here, 2019 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 27.5” $365 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Shed, 2019 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 39” $4150 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Storm Is Coming, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 47” x 39” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Look-Out, 2019 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 27.5” $3650 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Rocks, 2020 Acrylic on Dibond 19.5” x 27.5” $2800 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Moon, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 18” x 11” $1950 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Box, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 27.5” $3650 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

My Cabin In The Woods, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 23.5” x 19.5” $2700 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Holiday, 2019 Acrylic on Dibond 47” x 39” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

The Hideaway, 2019 Acrylic on Canvas 31.5” x 23.5” $3100 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Never Lost, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 47” x 39” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Annie’s Home, 2018 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 27.5” $3650 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Come and Find Me, 2020 Acrylic on Dibond 27.5” x 22” $2850 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Give Me Fire, 2021 Acrylic on Dibond 39” x 47” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Johnson House, 2019 Acrylic on Dibond 31.5” x 39” $3800 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Into The Woods, 2020 Acrylic on Dibond 8” x 39” $2750 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

Hidden, 2020 Acrylic on Dibond 47” x 39” $4500 B U Y O N A RT- M I N E . C O M

I am interested in exploring how our natural environment affects us. When we walk through the woods, feeling the earth beneath us, peace and stillness may arise. At the same time, the darkness of the forest and the tall trees hovering upon us, may instill a sense of threat, making us feel small and insignificant.

You won’t find any human figures in my paintings, as I want people to step into my work and imagine that they are there. Amongst the wilderness, I always offer a lifeline to the viewer in the form of a small geometric construction, which provides shelter from the unpredictable natural elements.

My work rests on contrasts: the interplay between light and darkness, shap manmade forms and whimsical natural environments, straight angular lines and a picturesque, spherical world. These opposites represent different sides of my personality. On the one hand I wish to jump into the world, enjoy myself, and feel free. On the other hand, I feel a need to protect myself against my surroundings and retreat to a safe place.

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