Ludovic Laffineur
°1976
Lives and works in Mortsel
I started drawing in 2008 after the birth of my first daughter (I have two daugthers) and started painting in 2016. I never had any art education and allthough this could be considered a disadvantage by some it has led to a style that I believe is uncommon.
Many of the drawings and paintings were made with my fingers and the palm of my hand. The way I start a painting is rather unconventional. I often clean my brushes on the blank paper/canvas and see where that brings me.
A lot of my figurative paintings/drawings are based on pictures that I've made while traveling for my full-time job which is all but creative. I spent a lot of my time in an international comptetive 'alpha' environment (UN, European institutions). I guess that what I create is a result of the tension-field between family-life, an interesting and sometimes stressful job and an uncontrollable desire to paint.
I held my first exposition in february 2017 in a gallery (Ruimte34) in Antwerp.