Merely playing with light, coulour, and structure
is how Etienne Geeurickx expresses his admiration
for nature, his inexhaustible source of inspiration.
The artist is fascinated by the combination of the
elements of nature: the contrast of fixed, solid structures
on the one hand, and fleetingness and transitoriness
on the other; the naturalness with which cold and
warm colours intertwine.
The artist has used various techniques and bases
in his search for a vivid reproduction of this experience.
Oil paint and acrylic on canvas, cardboard, and wood
give (an impression of) relief and the typical flowing
colour changes. By combining closed structure surfaces
with almost open spaces, he gives his work a natural
rhythm.
Etienne Geeurickx's style has been described as 'lyrically
abstract', a poetic view of reality whereby the artist
creates his own untrodden, but never inaccessible
universe.
Etienne Geeurickx can certainly identify with the
words of art critic Marcel Duchâteau:
"Only something which has become a new, independent,
and living being through the power of colour and shape
and the artist's imagination is meaningful in the
field of art. This is one of the enduring criteria
which are put in a bright light by the rise and development
of non-figurative plastic".