Fragments from his immediate surroundings are the basis for Bert Brus’ work. He is able to bring together in a coherent oeuvre diverse motives, such as man, nature and architecture, the binding element being the abstract concept “time”. Brus plays with this concept in various ways. He sometimes portrays time in a symbolic fashion, like a bridge that connects the past to the present and sometimes he just tries to express “timelessness”. Even though he paints in a realistic style and his images refer to the world around him, the artist feels it is of great import to give an original twist to reality. He does this using abstraction and he also feels it is very important to summon up a specific ambience. He is able to bring an alienating tranquillity to his work through the conscious use of light and colour and by not being afraid to use a certain amount of vacuity.
Education: autodidact
