'Red Series, Waiting'
Oil on canvas
The works of Olivier Deprez are based on reality. His paintings look like snapshots, accidental recordings of everyday phenomena: an elder couple waiting in a station hall, someone on a escalator, etc. Deprez reproduces them realistically, but ensures that details are highlighted within the painting process. In so doing he ensures that his paintings remain identifiable for the audience, but they are never translated directly into the fabric of the paint. The artist flattens out small details, so that his paintings acquire a strange anonymity. Or he intensifies colours so that the painting suggests a more emotional experience where one wouldn't expect one.