Exhibition Carll Cneut 'in my head'

Yesteday I visited the wonderful and impressive exhibition of Carll Cneut 'in my head' in Ghent in Belgium. I took some (not so good quality) photos to give you an impression, but it's better to visit it yourself, because it is an inspiring expericence  which is difficult to catch in photographs....

What made the day extra special was to meet a whole bunch of illustrators from Belgium and Holland which I know from Facebook. We went for a lunch and walked the exhibition togther :-)

The first part of the exhibition is about Carll's youth. You get an audio guide with lyrics written especially for this project by Wouter Deprez and Carll Cneut. I saw a lot of laughing people. The stories are really funny.

The second part of the exhibition shows the original works he made through the years. I was really surprised how small they were. Sooo many details, so precise... Wonderful colors, textures, fantasy, a treat to look at!

And ofcourse I also bought his latest book 'De Gouden Kooi'

At the end we met Carll in person in his studio at the exibition. He thought he was able to work there during the exhibtion, but due to the giant succes he is only signing books all day..  He also signed our books :-)

When we wanted to leave and said goodbye. Carll asked if we would like to have an illustrator group photo with him in the middle. Isn't that sweet? ;-)

So here we are, from left to right:

Els Vlieger, Ellen Vesters, Nelleke Verhoeff (me), Carll Cneut, Lien Geeroms, Vera Van Groos and Ine Beerten.

Illustrator Pencilory Pecncilory had left already and during lunch we also met Vicky Lommatsch.

It was a wonderful day! Full with great impressions and inspiring conversations.
Thank you all :-)

inspiration: Lisa Congdon

Lisa Congdon is an artist which I admire for some time now.
She is an amazing artist and has an inspiring blog
But why I am sharing this with you today?

Because this morning I saw a VERY inspiring video: Embrace the abyss and other lessons were she talks about her creative journey and the many lessons she has learned.

She not only makes beautiful Art, but also has a lot of inspiring insights to share.
The video is about 45 minutes, but really worthwile to watch.  (To be honest: at the end I had tears in my eyes.) So I thought maybe more people want to see this :-)

Here are a few examples of her work, but you can see much more on her website

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And here's already number 17 in the series: various artists.

Nice work of inspiring artists, which I wanna share with you.
Have a look yourself, follow the links to see more of their work:

from left to right:
Joana Rosa Bragança
Oscar Sabini
Beatriz Martín
Marion Barraud

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Here's a new post in the series: various artists.

Really nice work of inspiring artists, which I wanna share with you.
To see more of their work, follow the links beneath:

from left to right:
Emma Virke
Yara Kono
Barbara Dziadosz
Irene Servillo

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Here's a new post in the series: various artists.

Lately I discovered again very nice artists, which work I wanna share with you.
To see more of their work, follow the links beneath:

from left to right:
Faye Moorhouse
Dasha Tolstikova
Miroco Machiko
Moa Hoff

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It took a while, but here's finally a new post in the series: various artists.

Again four inspiring artists I like very much!
To see more of their work, follow the links beneath:

from left to right:
ISOL
Javier Zabala
Evelina Oliveira
Carolina Celas

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New post in the series: various artists.
This time I have chosen three Flemish artists
and one from Holland, living in Spain
They all make very nice work, have a look at the following links:

from left to right:
Sabien Clement
Inge Nouws
Eveline Ester Thijs
Gerda Dendooven

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Another post in the series: various artists.
I love the looseness and the freedom in the work of the following artists.

from left to right:
Elise Wilk
Katherine Streeter
Sarah Evans
Karlee Rawkins

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Here is a new post in the series: various artists.
Have a look at the inspiring work of the following illustrators.

from left to right:
Zoran Pungerčar
Leire Salaberria
Valerio Vidali
Milchela Buttignol

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It has been a while ago, but here is post number 10 in the serie: various artists.
To see more of these artists inspiring work click on the links:

from left to right:
Isabelle Arsenault
Klara Persson
Astrid Yskout
Trui Chielens

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Again another post in the serie: various artists.
To see more of their beautiful and inspiring work click on the links:

from left to right:
Marise Maas
Alexandra Muravey
Chiara Carrer
Laura Ferrara

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Here is another post in the serie: various artists.
This time inspiring artists from Holland.
To see more of their work click on the links:

from left to right:
Lobke van Aar
Geran Knol
Anne van den Berg
Lien Campo

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Here the seventh post in the serie: various artists.
Again inspiring artists with beautiful work, and there is so much more... :-)
To see more of their work click on the links:

from left to right:
Paloma Valdivia
Anne Crahay
Elena Hormiga
Aurora Cacciapuoti

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Here's another post in the serie: various artists.
Again all inspiring artists with beautiful work!
To see more of their work click on the links:

from left to right:
Sandra Juto
Melissa Castrillon
Ulla Saar
Kirsten Carina

See also this beautiful video
(very nice song from Fortune Cookies Blues: "Where is my plough"
directed and illustrated by Ulla Saar)

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Here's the fifth post in the serie: various artists.
So many inspiring artists with beautiful work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Tosya
Aris Moore
Ashley Percival
Corinna Staffe

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Here's another post in the serie: various artists.
There are so many inspiring artists with very nice work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Violeta Lopiz
Yael Frankel
Laura Kientzler
Daniela Tieni

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This is the third post in the serie: various artists.
Again very inspiring artists with beautiful work!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a small impression.
To see more of their work click on the links:

From left to right:
Manon Gauthier
Lisa Eisenbrey
Mia Christopher
Netalula

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This is the second post in the serie: various artists.
So many inspiring artists, which I enjoy very much!
Again some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a VERY small impression.
To see more of them click on the links:

From left to right:
Emma Hanquist
Mareike Engelke
Gudrun Makelberge
Kate Boxer

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There are so many great & inspiring ilustrators, which I enjoy a lot!
Here are some parts of their illustrations, so you can get a VERY small impression.
To see more of them click on the links:

From left to right:
Andrea d' Aquino
Karolien Vanderstappen
Agata Dudek
Vivienne Strauss