Frank Knockaert (21-10-1950) - contemporary painter

Frank was a self-taught artist for many years but now he is graduating in painting at the Sint-Lucas Academy in Ghent. He usually works with oil paint, but he also makes smaller and larger works with colored pencil, charcoal, Indian ink and acrylic. He combines color with the prepared structure of a carrier into (minimalist) work that floats on a feeling, an atmosphere, a memory (à la recherche du temps perdu, as he puts it). The deep and rich (mixed) colors in different layers, the texture and the relief invite you to take a closer look and almost touch his work.

Relief that lends a helping hand to fortuity in a painting or relief that consciously directs a painting. Found materials also serve as a base, such as a piece of stray wood, cloth or gauze bandage. A woven bag from food distribution in the Third World became the surface for a portrait that represents the debt of the West, 15kg in the eyes of the portrait, too little to compensate. His work is a mixture of figurative to landscapes and abstract, giving him the freedom to express what he feels, what he wants to share and what issues he wants to raise in the world.