Marleen Pauwels

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Marleen Pauwels has created her own distinctive form of expression with the use of mixed media on panel.
Buy Marleen's work for eerily beautiful, thought provoking pieces of art.
Marleen is fascinated with the fragility of the human condition.

Marleen Pauwels is a Belgian born artist, living and working in Spain. Her work is centered around silence and solitude. Initially, she created abstract compositions, using various media including etching, drawing and collage. Over the years, she integrated elongated figures who became key elements in her work. Weathered walls often feature as the background of these figures, always leaving open gaps, inviting the viewer to look beyond their initial impression. She creates these walls through different layers of paper, acrylics and oil paint, hiding carefully chosen text messages in between. Her palette is intentionally restrained; “I want to create an atmosphere in my work, and too many bright colors would generate a language that is not useful to me.” she says. Her current paintings feature either extremely elongated, or minuscule naked figures, depicting her reflection on the human condition in its pure essence. The juxtaposition of these opposite, seemingly fragile figures within empty spaces - away from any unnecessary adornments - confirms her statement.

Selected Works

Just the two of us by Marleen Pauwels

Just the two of us

Paintings - 100x100 cm
Not My Circus by Marleen Pauwels

Not My Circus

Paintings - 100x100 cm
Mondays Are Fine by Marleen Pauwels

Mondays Are Fine

Paintings - 100x100 cm
I wonder what the world is doing now by Marleen Pauwels
Rush hour by Marleen Pauwels

Rush hour

Paintings - 60x100 cm
This seat is taken by Marleen Pauwels

This seat is taken

Paintings - 60x60 cm
Wrong Story by Marleen Pauwels

Wrong Story

Paintings - 100x100 cm
Sitting pretty-2 by Marleen Pauwels

Sitting pretty-2

Paintings - 40x120 cm
calendergirls by Marleen Pauwels

calendergirls

Paintings - 200x250 cm
Funny how time slips away by Marleen Pauwels

Funny how time slips away

Paintings - 90x70 cm

I think she likes me

Paintings - 95x155 cm

New arrivals

Paintings - 80x120 cm

Un desconocido en casa

Paintings - 100x80 cm

El observatorio

Paintings - 40x100 cm

El espectador perplejo

Paintings - 120x180 cm

The doctor will see you now

Paintings - 100x130 cm

Se acabo la fiesta

Paintings - 100x130 cm

Plaza de abastos

Paintings - 100x130 cm

One sunny day

Paintings - 100x100 cm

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