Untitled 2006

This 'Untitled' painting, by Raoul De Keyser, looks like it was made with a brush and a very light touch. The painting's a quiet conversation between cool blues and whites. It's got a calmness that makes you feel like you're looking at clouds on a clear day. I imagine De Keyser, brush in hand, almost dancing around the canvas. Maybe he was thinking about landscapes. Or perhaps he was just lost in the act of seeing and responding, letting shapes emerge from the white like secrets. The paint isn't thick, it's more like a whisper, a delicate layer that lets the canvas breathe. That one shape, the one that looks like a bird taking flight, is so playful. It makes me think of Joan Miró, with those biomorphic shapes, but it also feels very personal, very much De Keyser's own language. Painting is like this ongoing game of telephone among artists. We see what came before, and we pass it on, changed by our own touch. We embrace uncertainty. Painting isn't about knowing, it's about discovering.