— Diamant Noir (Black diamond).

Formulation on wood 38x46cm 2019

I extracted this Diamant Noir (Black Diamond) from the entrails of the earth, real close to Hell.

 

I passed behind Alice's mirror, a way leading to the other sides of the visible spectrum.

These are raw gemstones, each containing more or less purity, or rather pearly. Similar to carra, the purest the stone is, the more important the pearl part to reveal will be.

 

The aim is to create the purest stone there is, it is by removing impurities from the black that the light will take all its place.

 

I had to destroy my Art to find the light I was looking for, this is at the edge of the abysses that I discovered this:

 

This new light I was desperately looking in the Darkness.
This light inherited from the Romantics in painting, that I studied when I was an apprentice in my Flemish master workshop.