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THE JOURNEY BACK IS A JOURNEY TOO

When I watch my children play, I often wonder what exactly is going on in

their mind; what they are thinking about when they're highly concentrated

on something and when they isolate themselves from their direct

environment; how they experience their reality? I wonder why we all lose

these intense moments over time. Most people cannot remember anything

from their earliest years. Where do all those memories go? Have we lost

them forever, or have we stored them somewhere, in the deepest regions

of our mind, or in a tiny little room tucked away far from everything else?

What if that room still exists? How can we find our way back to it? And how

do those first years inf luence our character, our emotional life and our

perception of today's world, our hopes and desires, our fears and dreams?

Do these years contain the seed from which our character grows or are we

merely the product of our DNA? Often, I try to return to those early years,

my journey to the inside, to that one little room that might hold all the

answers. The room of my childhood…

my dreams…

my past…

my happiness…

my fears…

my colors…

my emotions…

my silence…

my sound…

my lines.

Cover: A dormant volcano (2009)

3D figure (cardboard and acrylic)

25 x 35 x 30 cm

the yellow raincoats (2002)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm each

Shadowboy (2002)

Acrylic on canvas

25 x 35 cm

Tra-la-laa-la-laa (2002)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 60 cm

The little escape (2002)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 60 cm

Hide and seek (2002)

Acrylic on canvas

110 x 125 cm

Where’s the Battlefield? (2004)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

Little Saint (2006)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

Emergency (2004)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

The Windcatcher (2004)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

Heliumgirl (2004)

Acrylic on canvas

130 x 130 cm

Beautiful thoughts (2006)

Acrylic on canvas

160 x 200 cm

Like a dog in France (2007)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 50 cm

Flowers arose (2007)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 50 cm

memories inside (2005)

colourpencils on paper

18 x 27 cm

trance-formation (2009)

colourpencils on paper

18 x 27 cm

Wallfigure (2007)

3D figure

50 x 70 x 25 cm

My little prince (2007)

Acrylic on canvas

120 x 150 cm

Het rode gevaar (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

70 x 70 cm

De tochtgenoot (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

60 x 60 cm

Cercledo (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

120 x 120 cm

Sweet potato (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 60 cm

Moving me (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

50 x 50 cm

Becoming trance-parent (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 80 cm

Entre nous (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm each

Panamarenko airlines (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 110 cm

Envoyage II (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

120 x 120 cm

Rapid I Movements? (2008)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm each

Boei beaufort (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

120 x 150 cm

Drowning delight (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

The healing silence of a bulb (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

45 x 75 cm

Lavabeau (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

60 x 60 cm

Miss Thoughtful (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

30 x 30 cm

Popsicle on top (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

60 x 60 cm

Missmatch (2009)

Acrylic on canvas

60 x 60 cm

Sleepy sandgirl (2010)

Acrylic on canvas

125 x 125 cm

Abel (2010)

Acrylic on canvas

80 x 80 cm

ReiNarDus

°1969 in the Netherlands. Living in Antwerp-Belgium.

Studies

• Sint Lucas - Antwerp (1988-1992): Graphic design

Exhibitions

• 'a dormant volcano' - Antwerp february 2009

• 'boei' - Oud-Heverlee october 2008

• 'envoyage' - Transit Antwerp may 2008

• 'the blooming mind' - Kontich april 2007

• 'dreaming again' - Kontich november 2006

• 'the floating room' - Lier november 2004

• Bozar - Brussels june 2004

• Lynda Beck Galerie - Antwerp february 2004

• Philip Hoet Galerie - Antwerp june 2003

• Wolkammerij - Hoboken june 2002

Contact

info@reinardus.com