J.P. Deloore  is fifty-nine and proudly looks back on a painters career that started in 1978.

During his youth in a village near the historical town of Audenarde along the river Scheldt he  drew people, animals and vehicles in his schoolbooks.

Posters of Breughel, Van Dijck and the French impressionists as well as Van Gogh inspired the young Deloore to take the path of painting.

Initially he painted landscapes of his region and held his first exhibition in Malpertuis gallery in Kwaremont.

Following this, many exhibitions were held in Belgian towns such as Bruges, Ghent and Roulers.(see Exhibitions)

In 1981 Deloore built a new studio in his garden and started living in the tradition of the old Flemish painters.

Since then his subjects changed to landscapes and picturesque corners of the more sunny southern European countries and regions such as the Provence, Tuscany, Spanish and Greek isles, etc..

Sometimes these works are close to the reality, whilst at other times they are fantasized.

In these paintings Deloore uses soft, pastel-like oil colours, in a poetic way. He is interested in the way the different objects catch the light, as if they would like to tell you about their happiness and joy of living.

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