Benedicte Vandewattyne is an artist from Ostend who specializes in oil on canvas. She studied at the Academy of Fine Arts and graduated from the Institut Saint-Luc in Tournai.
As an authentic artist with a strong temperament, she imbues her works with a sincere, enchanting, brilliant, and delicate soul. (A.I.C.A. Hugo Brutin)
Her paintings are distinguished by the use of an expressive and contrasting color palette. Combined with geometric forms, this results in cubist effects. Benedicte’s technique — a unique blend of marker and oil paint on linen — gives her artworks both structure and strength. She continuously seeks a balance between abstraction and realism, presenting multiple realities to the viewer, always inviting personal interpretation.
A central theme in her work is time and movement. Her paintings resemble still images of abrupt moments, captured and framed for eternity. The frequently recurring triangle plays a striking role in this. This element disrupts reality and contrasts sharply with the context of the piece. It is as if a puzzle piece is missing—as if she presses the “pause button” to freeze a special moment in life.
She also often paints blurred compositions, where contours dissolve and meaning becomes fluid. This intentional blur reflects a subtle philosophy that questions the boundaries between clarity and confusion, permanence and impermanence — echoing the fleeting
nature of modern existence.
Benedicte’s work is situated within the tradition of Futurism, focusing on time, dynamism, energy, and progress. Yet she approaches this movement not out of admiration for the new, but with critical reflection. She raises the question: Are we not moving too much? Is this world not going too fast? (Art Professor Willem Elias)
“Through oil on canvas I generally try to bring the viewer into a different atmosphere in which the vulnerable balance between happiness and suffering comes to the front. I accomplish this through the use of a delicate but bold color palette as well as through the use of geometric structures. The combination of these techniques creates a structured chaos in which there is also room for the spectator's own interpretation depending on his or her personality, experiences and visions. Therefore my paintings can never be experienced in the same way, both between people and within the same person, but at different times.” benedicte vandewattyne
ART CRITIC
HUGO BRUTIN
A.I.C.A.