Eddy Stevens

Born in Brasschaat, Belgium in 1965, Eddy Stevens is an accomplished painter who appreciates the high tradition of corporality and light. As exemplified in the style of the Flemish School of painting by Eddy Stevens' artistic ancestors, Rembrandt, Titian, Odd Nerdrum, Andrew Wyeth and Lucian Freud, he employs a style that is both modern and timeless.

Like a spiritual philosopher, Stevens delves into an unconscious fantasy world through his paintings, which reflect a unique connection between humans. His modern yet timeless style has evolved towards monochromatic compositions, with occasional colored details to capture the viewer's attention. As an artist, Stevens communicates profound themes such as mystery, love, wonder, hope, fantasy, passion, sorrow, melancholy, and humor.

The mysterious portraits of Belgium painter Eddy Stevens are filled with symbols that invite interpretation. Though his work has certain timeless qualities that recall 16th and 17th century painters, his work is also filled with contemporary and progressive approaches to the craft.

Real artists are born as artists. They live with a permanent drive to create, and they do this day after day. They never stop producing and never stop trying to surpass themselves. In this sense, Eddy Stevens is an artist, heart and soul.

He was born in Brasschaat, Belgium in 1965 and now lives with his wife Sophie outside of Antwerp on a beautiful old farm which they have been renovating for the past few years. There he found a timeless atmosphere, imbued with a humanity perfectly suited to the development of his paintings. Like a kind of spiritual philosopher, he explores an unconscious fantasy world. His work is about a unique touching between human and human, person and person, someone and someone else.

In a passionate way he tells us about himself growing and, at the same time, gaining insight into his techniques. He trusts that new concepts present themselves in moments of meditation, and they do. It is as though new works come to find him. He says, “it’s as if it’s not only me who’s inventing the idea, it’s as if I’m looking at my shadow.”

“As an artist I prefer to communicate through my work. It’s a reflection of who I am, how I look at our physical and emotional world and how we behave as human beings.

Mystery, love, wonder, hope, phantasy, passion, sorrow, melancholy, humor, … it’s all there and I just hope you can feel it.”

— -Eddy Stevens

Appreciating the high tradition of corporality and light exemplified by Rembrandt, Titian, Odd Nerdrum, Andrew Wyeth and Lucian Freud, he employs a style that is both modern and timeless. His earlier exhibitions in Holland, Belgium, France and the United States (yes, New Orleans), were rich with color. His new work has evolved toward the monochromatic, using occasional colored details to capture attention, and his painting has reached new levels of clarity and power. Less, in this case, is more.