Featured Exhibition: 'The love of imagery'

by Yvette Depaepe
Published the 7th of January 2025

This months' featured exhibition is titled 'The love of imagery' by Nic Keller.

Nic's passion for abstract images led her to art photography. Her father, who had an extraordinary flair for expressive motifs, inspired her. She started with analogue photography in her youth. However, education, work, and family put this hobby on the back burner for a few years.

The digital possibilities finally brought back her forgotten enthusiasm. They opened up new ways for her to use her photos as a canvas to express the depth of her experiences and feelings. Her imagination is limitless.

To present her featured exhibition 'The Love of imagery', Nic quotes:

Creating a picture begins with collecting the most diverse impressions on my forays. I photograph everything that could later serve as the basis for my photo manipulations. This often gives me ideas, which I sketch on my iPad. These sketches usually remain unprocessed for a long time before I turn them into a finished image.
Working out a picture can take weeks, sometimes even months, until I am satisfied with the result. Each of my works reflects a part of me and my life. To deepen the narrative dimension of my pictures and to emphasize the emotions of a photograph, I create my images in black and white with strong contrasts. By using strong contrasts, I create a unique atmosphere that expresses the feelings more intensely to reach the viewer of my pictures.

I often use symbols such as birds, clouds, or silhouettes in my paintings to achieve a more profound visual effect. These symbols give my works a poetic touch and blur the boundaries between reality and imagination, intending to stimulate the viewer's imagination and allow room for personal interpretation.

I invite you to explore Nic's exquisite imagery.
This exhibition which will be exposed on our opening page / Gallery during the whole month of January 2025.
Click here to see the entire exhibition: [53] The love of imagery by Nic Keller

To trigger your curiousity, here is a small compilation of images out of this fine exhibition.