Christiane Vleugels

Christiane paints her philosophy of life in every painting she does. Her zest for life and her unshakable belief that the universe provides are palpable in her paintings, never failing to lift a smile from the viewer.

Originally painting in a romantic style to gain the recognition she craved as an awkward teenager, she soon developed a mature mastery of the styles of the old masters through commissioned paintings.

These days Christiane paints what's alive and calling in her, whether it's a sense of wonder about this world or compassion for her models, especially those that lack an articulate voice, such as women who've suffered trauma, her widowed father, or sometimes animals.

Christiane paints in oil on board or aluminium panels, preferably of large formats, drawing, according to the mood or theme that may be stirring in her, on her large archive of photographs of models who have posed for her over the years.