Ann Dejonckheere is a versatile artist. Over the years, she practised several disciplines with different materials. In the past, she applied charcoal techniques in beautifully crafting her landscapes. Her series ‘Beyond observation’ was a balance between the figurative and the abstract. But recently, colour has entered her work which has now evolved into lyrical abstraction.

Using pure pigments, charcoal and Chinese ink, she creates her own original drawings. They are her own designs, very thoughtfully created while drawing herself. With her fingers and hands, she rubs on large-format paper. Through intensity and tonality, she manages to create space and depth in order to give a three-dimensional impression.
She has her own unique style. Her latest series, ‘a feeling of fire’, shows movement and dynamism.

She invites the viewer to fantasise and enter her pictorial world.

The experience can last a long time because her visual language is endlessly varied and captivating.

Ann obtained her diploma in Interior Architecture at Sint-Lucas Brussels, Belgium in 1978.
Title of thesis: House Axel Ghyssaert, architect in Bruges, Belgium.

She is also a restorer of paintings, obtained her diploma in 2007 in Bruges.
Ann restored five paintings in her own studio from Vincent De Vos, including Noah’s Ark d.d. 1860.

Courses taken: ceramics, drawing from nudes, framing, painting and calligraphy.

In the Academy of Bruges in 2017 her final project was her own interpretation of the Descent from the Cross by Rogier van de Weyden d.d. 1547.