Gerard works and lives in Antwerp, BE.
He graduated from the Jan van Eyck Academy in Maastricht and later the Royal Academy of fine arts in Antwerp. Gerard focused primarily on Model Drawing.
Master influencer to his offspring, Gerard developed his obsession with the classic figure after his visit to Italy where he visited a show that focused on drawings by renaissance Masters such as Da Vinci and Michelangelo. It encouraged him to study this visual language and adapt it to his personal style.
In the 1990’s Gerard worked on larger than life drawings inspired by mythologic storytelling and the then political climate.
Zeus, Aphrodite or Apollo. Heracles, painted with force centre of his subjects. The horror of the Sarajevo massacre played out within the walls of a Greek Temple. Be ready to be impressed by the beauty and violence.
In a quest for freedom, Gerard’s brushstrokes are compelling and feel very current.