Executed on paper with fluid grey washes and subtle touches of warm flesh tones, the work distills the seated female figure down to essential contours and shadows.
Jean De Groote is a Belgian painter often referred to as the “Painter of Silence”
His practice centres on reduction, restraint, and capturing the quiet essence of his subjects with minimal, deliberate brushstrokes
Signed and dated (2007) in pencil in the lower right corner