Dirk De Bruycker, Canopy II, 2003 Oil on Linen 84" x 72"
Dirk De Bruycker, born in Ghent, Belgium, currently spends his time between Santa Fe, New Mexico, and Nicaragua. The fifth of six children, De Bruycker is represented throughout the United states and in Belgium. He has extensive training in lithography, including an M.A. from the St, Lucas Institute of Fine Arts in Ghent, and postgraduate work at the Tamarind Institute, University of New Mexico. De Bruycker travels frequently with his wife and daughter, and states that his surroundings, such as Santa Fe and Granada, Nicaragua, strongly impact the nature of his non-objective paintings, which reflect inner states.
Recent exhibitions include Rule Gallery, Denver CO, Chiaroscuro, Santa Fe NM and Scottsdale AZ, Lucas DeBruycker Fine Art, Belgium, Scott White Contemporary Art, LaJolla CA, and Buschlen Mowatt Gallery, Palm Desert, CA. In 2005 there was a major retrospective of his work at the Caermersklooster Museum, Ghent, Belgium.