François Portais

Landscapes and seascapes are central to my paintings. Rather than literal representations of reality, they express something that unfolds between myself and the landscape. Somewhere between figuration and abstraction, my work takes shape in what can best be described as a form of romantic expressionism. The visible world serves merely as a point of departure. From 1990 to 1994, I studied at the Ruudt Wackers Academy in Amsterdam.