Jean-François Suys was born in Brussels in 1956. He is a Belgian contemporary artist who has resisted attemps to label his style.

Primarily he subscribes to Wassily's Kandinsky's idea that each colour has it's own vibration an individual character which can be aroused by consciousness of the viewer.

The form and texture of his works have an altogether otherwordly effect at once elemental and universal.
Through his richly vibrant canvasses, Suys ambition is to give a voice to colours, to let them sing.

Of empathism and his artwork, the artist said: "There are numerous ways to be creative, no doubt. "Empathism" as I see it, is essentially a state of mind. Artists create a virtual reality and should be aware of th...