Yolanda Philippens - De verwondering

Yolanda Philippens was born in Rotterdam (1956) and spent her childhood in Vlaardingen. She knew from a very young age that she only wanted to draw, paint and sculpt. She was educated at TeHaTex in Delft and at St. Lucas in Kapellen (Belgium).
When creating her work, Yolanda Philippens is mainly inspired by weathered and dilapidated buildings and walls and landscape impressions. She shows the beauty of decay on the canvas and lets her canvases speak through thick layers of oil paint and mixed techniques. The work of Yolanda Philippens is characterized by a powerful and intriguing play of matter, technique and abstract expression. One recognizes traces of fields, flower fields, snow-covered fields and trees. Traces of dilapidated structures, washed up ships and scrap metal make up the story. Muddy, plowed fields and frozen fields are shaped by the layers of oil paint. Layer upon layer a landscape is created, a memory of an image from the past, passing by by car, walking on the heath, on the beach, or painting in the field. The viewer is given the space to discover or recognize his own image.
Yolanda Philippens lives and works from Antwerp. In 1983 she exhibited in the Singer museum in Laren and since then Philippens' work has been shown at exhibitions and fairs at home and abroad.