Medium: Schilderijen / Peintures / Paintings / Marines (BE)
André Paquet
Born in Sainth-Vith, 15th February 1949.
He got a technical training at the Institute Notre –Dame in Malmedy.
Self - taught men.
He gets into shipping in Belgium (CMB Antwerp - Company Maritime Belge).
His first voyage was as a mechanic on the CMB vessel “Lualaba”.
He was a chief engineer from 1966 –1978.
As from 1980 he teaches at the Institute Notre-Dame in Malmedy.
Being at sea he started making sketches with Chinese ink, aquarelle and pencil.
He got no any academic education.
Hopper, an American painter, inspired him with his game of light on facades and the sea.
Blank and Greish, painters of his region, also inspired him.
Prices won:
Charleroi 1979
Revin, France, price for composition
Malmedy, “Salon of art 1987” first price
Price of L’Yser 1991
Price of the Emperor Lothaire, Prum 1993
Quotes:
The more we are in abstraction, the more we are in the intimacy of the artist
The composition of the forms and the colours are the balance in the painting.
The elements of my voyages are in my paintings.
In abstract arts, as from the first sight, you are or you are not attracted to a painting.
I look for beauty, but never big messages.
I paint and the paintings are calming, just like a meditation.
I like the idea of painting lonely ships, as this inspires me.
Might be the transitory side of my life, all comes to an end.
2008 Kunst und Bühne Eupen
2009 Marine Gallery Zeebrugge
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