Raoul De Keyser

Raoul De Keyser   Red Diamond   2006  Oil on Canvas

"De Keyser’s paintings frequently derive from his daily surroundings. Laundry hanging from a clothes line, Venetian blinds, the vapour trails of a plane, a tree next to his house, the lines and shades where two walls meet, the chalk line of a football pitch. The references are still there, but only if you want to see them. More than anything De Keyser’s paintings celebrate painting and as such life itself. It’s just paint on canvas, nothing more, nothing less. There’s no ideology, no meaning, no hidden manifesto and no bravura. Just paint on canvas, but sometimes the paint speaks for itself."

                                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                               Ivar Hagendoorn