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WALTER DOLPHYN | Jokers Wild
Oil on Panel
80 x 70 cms / 31½ x 27½ inches
Walter grew up in an artistic milieu in Belgium. His father Willem, grandfather Victor, the esteemed artist and former professor at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Arts, and his great-uncle Denis were all painters, each with their own distinctive styles.
In the early years of Walter’s artistic career, apprenticed in his father’s studio, most of Walter’s intricately detailed paintings pictured run-down facades and doorways, much like his earlier drawings. Walter felt the burden of Willem and Victor’s reputation of technical excellence and as a Walter would carefully depict every minute detail of his subjects, to great effect. Gradually, Walter’s technique evolved towards trompe l'oeil, with compositions featuring cabinets and shelves filled to the brim with objects weathered and worn by time, especially old toys.
Born in Antwerp in 1963, Walter Dolphyn grew up in an artistic milieu. His father Willem, grandfather Victor, the esteemed artist and former professor at the Antwerp Royal Academy of Arts, and his great-uncle Denis were all painters, each with their own distinctive styles.
Following in his father’s footsteps, Walter chose to pursue the art of still life painting, but with a focus on collectible items: toys, figurines, gadgets, and miniatures, all vividly rendered with exquisite painterly precision.
The art of narrative is at the heart of Walter’s practice. Jokingly self-styled as the Hieronymous Bosch of his age, above all Walter aims to tell stories.
Inspired by the toys or figures themselves or by an everyday observation, he then directs the protagonists, sometimes solitary, sometimes in various surreal combinations, often poised mid-action, or crowded into vitrines and onto shelves.
His paintings are intricately detailed and strive to render the qualities of different materials.
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