STEFAN ANNEREL

�1970, Dendermonde, Belgium
lives and works in Antwerp, Belgium
stefan.annerel@skynet.be
+32 476 45 50 01

Galleries

galerie c.de vos
Oude Gentbaan 295 � 297
B-9300 Aalst
Belgium
www.galcdevos.be

Galerie Smits
Fokke Simonszstraat 29
1017 TD Amsterdam
The Netherlands
www.galeriesmits.nl

Selected solo exhibitions

2001 New Paintings
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

2004 Levend grijs
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

2006 Rakelings
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

Belgium�s Calling
solo presentation at LINEART art fair, Ghent (Belgium) - www.lineart.be

2007 Parallax
galerie Smits, Amsterdam (The Netherlands) - www.galeriesmits.nl

2008 How to paint a Tartan
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

Selected group exhibitions:

2001 Tendensen in hedendaagse kunst
L’Usine Galerie, Brussels (Belgium) - www.l-usine-galerie.com

2003 Retrospective 10 jaar galerie c. de vos
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

2004 Brengen-gebracht
C.C. De Doos, Hasselt (Belgium) - www.ccha.be

2005 Poisonous
C.C. De Markten, Brussels (Belgium) - www.demarkten.be

Vormgegeven kleur
galerie c. de vos, Aalst (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

Gekleurde vormgeving � coloured enviroment design
Stedelijk Museum, Aalst (Belgium) - www.insitugallery.be
Participating artists included, a.o., Martin Bourdanove, Frank Bragigano, Maurizio Cattelan, Allan McCollum, Stefaan Dheedene, Sylvie Fleury, Tina Haase, Leni Hoffmann, Twan Janssen, Fransje Killaars, Michel Leonardi, David Neirings, Jorge Pardo, Philippe Parreno, Grayson Perry, Werner Reiterer, Peter Santino, Roland Schimmel, Annette Streyl, Philippe Tonard, Kevin Van Braak, Andrea Zittel.

2007 Pushing the canvas
Cultuurcentrum Mechelen/De Garage, Mechelen (Belgium)
www.cultuurcentrummechelen.be
Participating artists included, a.o., Virginie Bailly, Stephan Balleux, Charlotte Beaudry, CUM*, Ellen De Meutter, Stief Desmet, Stef Driesen, Kati Heck, Thomas Huyghe, Tom Liekens, Annick Lizein, Matthieu Ronsse, Helmut Stallaerts, Vadim Vosters, Cindy Wright.

Coloratus,-a,-um
Campo Santo, Ghent (Belgium) - www.galcdevos.be

Coloratura
Cultuurcentrum De Halle, Geel (Belgium) - www.dewerft.be

Fred & Friends
MUHKA, Museum for Contemporary Art, Antwerp (Belgium) - www.muhka.be

Atmosfeer
Shops and public spaces, Kortrijk (Belgium) - www.atmosfeerkortrijk.be
Participating artists included, a.o., Leo Copers, Anton Cotteleer, Ronny Delrue, Wim Delvoye, Maen Florin, Peter Lagast, Charlotte Lybeer, Nadia Naveau, Johan Tahon, Philip Vandenberg, Bart Vandevijvere, Robin Vermeersch, Erich Weiss.

Website: Artnews

My name is Maria Hathaway. I am a self taught artist. I specialize in colored pencil and watercolor but also enjoy working with oils and acrylics.

My work is vibrant with color and emotion. I love doing portraits and am pationate about the portrayal of emotion and life experience through facial expressions. I strive through my art to show who we are as humans. I want to explore the passion, the sadness, the fear, and hope that make us real. So many beautiful people walk among us, entirely unnoticed or forgotten. I seek to bring attention to the invisible, the lonely, the joyfull, and the heroic. I seek to exhibit the beauty that exhists in each of us. I seek to portray humanity.

When I create a piece using colored pencils I use a very labor intensive layering technique. I start with a basic sketch of what I’m going to draw. Then I begin adding layer after layer of color, blending and shading as I go. I often add the darkest shadows early on and slowly work my way toward highlights of white using a white pencil in the end.

If a large area of one color is required, such as blue for a clear blue sky, I’ll often use a watercolor wash in order to achieve a smooth solid color without excessive effort.

I must add that art is an ever changing process of growth and improvement. It is liquid. Nothing is permanent and every time I create a piece I learn something new and develop new methods and techniques. I am open to anything as long as the end result is vibrant in color and full of detail.

It often feels as though my drawings or paintings draw themselves. A character or subject in a painting has something to say and I am merely an instrument through which it is enabled to exhist and therefore speak.

I am not influenced by any artist -contemporary or historical. I am quite simply influenced by the world that I observe around me. I am fascinated by life itself which I consider to be the greatest work of art that has ever and will ever be achieved. I can only hope to dimly reflect the beauty of creation. I believe however that humanity has devine potential, unending and unfathomable. We have only as yet scratched the surface of that which we can and will become.

I am most content when I am with my family. I am influenced greatly by their unique and wise perspectives. I have seen through them what it is to be truly good, and happy as a human being. I see the importance of love and truth and I would love to find a way to share this perspective through my art.

Website: Willowrise
Contact email: sagetracker@yahoo.com