Belgium
Bea Danckaert “Spontaneity inspires me. It is through the emotion of the moment, I create, through my love for God, man and life.�
Belgian artist Bea Danckaert an experienced meisterpinter who quickly earned name and recognition. Born and raised in Leuven, Belgium, she studied
painting at the Art Academy Lei in her home town.
She then went on to study under the veteran artist, Joost Laroy for the next 5 years. And for the next 8 years, she continued her apprenticeship under
masters painters Paul Marien, Frank De Wael, and
niche in abstraction. Working abstractly was the only way she was fully able to express her emotions, in full technicolor, on her canvas. As her work progressed, she eliminated shapes and figures from her work and a pure emotion reflected back from her canvas which was vivid in colors and fervent in brushwork! A very passionate painter, she prefers working with
Hilde Overberg.
acrylics on canvas and frequently does collage
Bea started out as a figurative artist, and did many
light interplay, and it springs forth from emotion,
portraiture and landscapes in Fauvist colors and
brushwork. Later in Brussels, under the guidance of
Charlotte Vindevoghel, her work evolved and became more non-figural.
Bea had a strong leniency and interest in modern architectural forms, but she eventually found her
works. Bea’s art features some unique color and coming straight from her heart and her love for God, her fellow men, and for life itself. As an artist, she exhibits no restraints in her choice of colors. Her palette, at times, is cool and soft; and the motifs a haze. And other times it is searing hot, with burnt reds and yellow ochres at sharp angles to each other.
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