VISUAL ARTIST

RENNIE GELDHOF WAS BORN IN THE PHILIPPINES 1988 BUT WAS RAISED BY HIS ADOPTIVE PARENTS IN BELGIUM. HE IS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER, PHOTOGRAPHER AND A PORTRAIT PAINTER.

FROM AN EARLY AGE, RENNIE HAD A STRONG VISUAL INTEREST, FINDING IT MORE INTERESTING TO LOOK AT THE COVER OF A BOOK RATHER THAN THE TEXT INSIDE IT. AT SCHOOL HE FOUND HIS MAIN INTEREST WAS THE ART CLASSES. FORTUNATELY HE HAD A TEACHER WHO SPOTTED HIS ARTISTIC ABILITIES AND ENCOURAGED HIM TO STUDY ART FULL-TIME.

TO RENNIE, DISPLAYING FACIAL EXPRESSIONS IS A PASSION, THE ANSWER TO AN INTELLECTUAL DESIRE TO HAVE A CREATIVE LIFESTYLE. HE WAS TRAINED AS A GRAPHIC DESIGNER AND PHOTOGRAPHER AFTER HE FINISHED HIS STUDIES IN ARTS.

IN 2014 HE PAINTED HIS FIRST SERIES WITH "LONELY SAILORS" AS THE MAIN SUBJECT. LATER ON HE STARTED TO PORTRAIT FACES OF FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS BUT AFTER A WHILE THERE WAS A HUGE DEMAND FROM THE GENERAL PUBLIC. HE'S SPECIALIZES MAINLY IN BRINGING OUT THE RESEMBLANCE OF THE FACIAL EXPRESSIONS.

AS A PORTRAIT PAINTER, RENNIE ADS HIS OWN VISION, INTERPRETATION, HIS OWN STYLE, WHICH BRINGS THE PIECE OF ART TO A HIGHER LEVEL. HE'S INSPIRED BY BIG AND WELL-KNOWN ARTISTS SUCH AS ESCHER, VERMEER, REMBRANDT AND M.CARSON. HIS FASCINATION FOR PEOPLE AND THEIR VISUAL EXPRESSIONS COMES OUT CLEARLY IN HIS WORK.