About Timothy Van de Laar | Belgian Painter
°1988 Borgerhout, Belgium
Lives and works in Antwerp.
Timothy Van de Laar is a Belgian contemporary painter
based in Antwerp, Belgium.
He works primarily in oil on canvas and panel. His paintings explore the human body as a shifting landscape filled with folds, irregularities and traces that feel both relic-like and mythic.
based in Antwerp, Belgium.
He works primarily in oil on canvas and panel. His paintings explore the human body as a shifting landscape filled with folds, irregularities and traces that feel both relic-like and mythic.
In the work of Timothy Van de Laar, figures often appear familiar from a distance. As the viewer moves closer, forms begin to shift and lose their boundaries. Bodies fragment, surfaces open and new shapes emerge. These contemporary oil paintings focus on human vulnerability, not as weakness but as a quiet form of strength.
Painting is central to the practice of Timothy Van de Laar. Each work develops through layers of oil paint, where texture and surface guide the image as much as intention. The physical presence of paint remains visible and essential. The body becomes terrain, a place where imagination unsettles control and transformation becomes possible.
The paintings of Timothy Van de Laar are physical, intimate and slightly unsettling. They search for images that have not yet existed and that can only emerge through the slow and deliberate process of painting.