www.mylifeisart.com TM
the value of life is measured by its beauty
action painter for a better world - a drop of water on a hot plate
vietnamgirl : "wanna have some pees, one dollar, one dollar...."
woman with the white hat : "aah, this reminds me, I am going to wear my white silk dress with the cape tonight on "captains dinner"!
"Do remind me to wear this dress, dear, and take a picture of her. She is sooo sweet!..."
may these haunting differences fade away in the years to come!
"no words to be spoken here..." (c) patrick gysemberg
"may life in the upcoming year 2008 be good to you!"
patrick gysemberg action painter for a better world 2005-2008
my statement of life
If, at the end of your life, someone would ask you if you
had done something to contribute to the world peace, would
you be able to say : “yes, I did?”
I, at least, will be able to say so, that I used all my
means possible to do so,
I would be able to say that I have tried, even if I did not
succeed…
I have a feeling inside that tells me that I have to do
this, even if this brings me being laughed at and
sneer...patrick 29/09/04
The value of life is measured by its beauty.
Hey! It is absolutely GREAT it see YOU visiting my website!
Several years ago I had my first "artist name cards" printed
by a professional printer. I choose to put a "statement" on
the card : Life is Art. With this statement I wanted to
indicate that life itself is already in all his aspects a
form of Art. I just wanted to wake up those people who
were/still are soooo busy with every day life that they
forget about life itself! They forget to look around, to
look at the ones they love...they just forget...till life
has passed and no beauty has been seen or found. "Life is
Art" means that we CAN make life into Art, if we want to. We
can, of course make life into living hell...this everyone
knows...the opposite however, one tends to forget or not see
at all....thus : " Life is Art " is a guideline, a gentle
warning, a soft touching of your cheek, a tender kiss on
your forehead, a smile on your lips, a little jump in the
sky, a teasing joke on the side; it is for all the truth.
Because the web did not have this name free anymore I was
"forced" to choose: "MY life is art", as it was the closest
to my statement and my idea's. This does not mean that my
life IS really Art! No, it is not. But I try to live up to
my believes and the harder I do this, as I have noticed, the
more things are turning to be all right. Still my life is a
quest for the ultimate answer that none of us has found up
till now or, if so, no one ever did tell me about it.. Enjoy
your stay here. Enjoy your life! You should, you know, cause
it 'll always appear too short. It sure IS too short!!!! IT
IS!!!! ( just think about it, just once...)
My ability to love life and all human beings who are
actually at this moment enriching my existance on this
planet, is mostly so intensely activated that it is hurting
me like a razorblade cutting my intestines. My favourites
are....(this you would like to know, would you not???????)
YESS You are one of them!
Since I started to work with oils, no more than a handfull of years
ago, I have come a long way.
Because I knew I could draw from my early years in
childhood, I started to make figurative paintings, but they
seem to lack "something". For sure I was not very satisfied
with the outcome, with the results.
As my brother asked me to make an abstract painting a few
years ago, I started to experiment with all media involved.
And here something wonderful happened : I found out that ,
every time I started on one of my abstract "oils", I never
knew where I nor the painting itself would end. I thus, just
let "things" happen. I create, without knowing the outcome.
I draw, paint, put together, assemble, use oils and other
material, to achieve the endresult. I juse become part of a
creative process.
I see/feel a very strong "force" taking over during the act
of creation. It guides me through my paintings and leads me
to the end result. It is very hard for me to detect when
this should be: when I should stop this interactive process
between me, my brush, the canvas and the paint. There lies
my responsibility as a painter, a creator. I determine the
composition because I determine when to stop this creative
process. The final composition always is - or should be at
least - a token of beauty of something in life that is
surrounding us. The outcome has to match my vision of beauty
and should at least be a reflection of it. My paintings are
vivid, full of life and colour, because this is what or who
I am. They are a reflection of my inner self, erupted out of
my sub conscience, as a proof of respect for the life we
lead, we hold and we treasure. After finishing this creative
process, I try the utmost to look for the appropriate title,
since I believe there is a huge interaction going on between
title and painting, as if the painting is a token, a
statement from beyond; an expression from higher forces.
>Each painting has a message, but surely there are more
messages possible than the one I detected. This makes my
oils, my art pieces subject to contemplation and reflection
on life in all its aspects.
One of my huge paintings I sold to an American very
recently, was sold because of the explicit relation between
the painting and the title.
My "oils" are mostly big, because this is a great size to
decorate one's home with, you do not need frames.
My "oils" - merely all abstract expressionist pieces - are
"my statement",
they are "my will",
they are "me".
Patrick Gysemberg 04 January 2004
MY CONTRIBUTION TO LIFE
Past exhibitions :
*2001 City town hall Wommelgem November-December 2001
*2002 City town Hall Wommelgem November-December 2002
*2002 Town Center Hall Ranst, art exhibiton of local artists weekend 25/04/2002
*2003 "Hang Arte" major private exhibition in a huge hangar in Berlaar (Lier) near Antwerp for two weeks.April 25 th till 10th of Mai 2003
*From February 2004 till the end of june 2004 a major exhibition of all available art pieces were on show in the "Elewijt Hotel and Congress Center" in Elewijt, Belgium, near Brussels and Antwerp.
Februar 2004
modern oils and contemporary mixed media art pieces
*aPRIL 2004 / the making of five one-minute paintings live on Belgian Television for "man bites dog" a prime time program, during the music of Neil Diamond
*TV special on action painting "1000 suns and shrimps" - painting made (same name)
*July 2004 Marziart Gallery - Hamburg - germany 1 month exhibition one-minute-paintings
*December 2004 : finalist of International Art competition " in peace" of the Artrom gallery, rome, Italy
*January 2005 : finalist of International Art competition " beyond boundaries" of the Artrom gallery, Rome, Italy
*2005 : finalist of International Art competition "totally weird" of the Artrom Gallery, Rome, Italy
*from 20-29 Mai 2005 Mylifeisart is selected to participating at the international Art ARAD Biennale in ARAD - Roumenia. cancellation due to unforeseen circumstances - too high participation cost
*From Januari 2005 selected to be represented by New York gallery Agora, Soho District. cancellation of this project due to too high expenses.
*from 24 september to 02 october 2005 mylifeisart participated at the 18 th international fair of contemporary arts in Libramont, Belgium.Libr' Art participation in International Art Fair in Libramont, Belgium.
some e v e n t s in past time
*Mylifeisart TM has been analyzed, pre cassified and selected to expose in Muestra the international of Art - Vendado Tuerto 2006 - Argentina5th through 31st July 2006 in Venado Tuerto, ARGENTINA.M.I.A.D. VENADO TUERTO 2006
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*selected by competition - 3dr prize winner international art competition, exposition in Berlin, germany, from 20 th of january 2006 till Januari 31th at Gallery 24, Berlin.
6 nautical paintings now have found a home in Berlin.till August 2006
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the winners of the competition
"action painting portraits-impressions of some exquisite ladies and gentlemen"
were on show in all of the shops of the city of HERENTALS (belgium)
in September 2006,
starting on "the day of the customer"
, lasting for at least a week.
* a series of action painting portraits of a selection of fine people who have done something exquisite or outstanding in their lives to enhance beauty and to make other people happy or their lives more valuable. be aware : all persons from selection are still alive : 
"nicole and hugo" - a Flemish professional artis couple, working mostly on cruise ships all over the world, 
"Neil diamond", lifetime singer songwriter, 
"Queen Paola", for marrying into the Belgian Royals. 
"Frank VanMechelen", movie maker , 
"Stany Crets", actor and TV program inventor, 
" Jan Declair", acting monument, 
"phara de aguirre", TV news and information lady, known for her strict, honest and tough questioning technique...
* presentation of nautical and arctis painting series in Bonn, looking for exhibition space now. Please contact +32-495-792336 or on patrick.gysemberg@telenet.be
what on earth is "action painting"?
Action painting is an Art form,
invented and practiced by Jackson Pollock in the mid 1940s in the
of the unconscious moods of the artist. Neither Jackson Pollock nor I believe in the fact that the paint just falls “randomly” on to the canvas. It falls according to the artist intentions. There is no coincidence what so ever. There is no luck.
It is the inner self of the artist that is represented in each and every action painting. This painting goes one step further than pure action painting.
It is the mixture of the inner self of the artist, of myself revealing my love and affection towards the item I tried to visualize on the canvas :
the chimney of the TS Maxim Gorkiy cruise liner.
Patrick gysemberg – action painter for a better world – 25 November 2004
painting donated to phoenix Reisen in Bonn germany as gratitude for the constant way of offering beauty to the world
artist statement : www.mylifeisart.com
patrick gysemberg
silent action painter for a better world
van tichelenlei 61
2160 wommelgem
+32-495-792336
*offering "quick'n paint" action painting portraits - see elsewhere on this web site - home page
about mylifeisart
- The beauty of life itself
- Returning to the basics and fundamental values of life
- Emphasizing the importance of life’s fundamentals / essentials
- Enhancing the “ feel good” experience
- Oils and mixed media (earthenware/paintspray/Hammarite) on large canvasses
- Abstract intimate but expressionist pieces, revealing the inner fragile and breakable self, as a support to all stated above.
- Patrick Gysemberg is self-taught, draws since childhood but started with oils and mixed media on canvas seven years ago.
- Patrick Gysemberg works as a medium between his creative tools, his art pieces and an unidentified force that takes over or at least interacts during the process of creation.
- He creates Art with a message and wants to awaken all those who are trapped in today’s society by their every day wrongly motivated actions.
- He creates beauty as it is surrounding us in everyday life as he sees it and as he feels it, in close cooperation/interaction with this unknown force
· Mylifeisart ™ is indeed a “gentle warning” to all concerned about the empty material hastiness of our new world
- Founded in November 2002 as: www.mylifeisart.com ™
- 2002 & 2003 Wommelgem City town Hall Art exhibition
- April 2003 local artist weekend exhibition in Ranst, Belgium
- 2003 Hangarte: private exhibition in a huge hangar in Lier (Berlaar), Belgium
- February 2004 – June 2004 Art exhibition - Elewijt Congress Centre: C – Arte (=séminarte)
- February 2004 permanent Art exhibition in a “Livingstone” example visiting house in Turnhout, Belgium
- July 2004 Marziart International Artgallery in Hamburg, northern Germany
- Member of the Belgian Art website: www.belgianart.be
- Accepted by the American “fine-art” community in December 2002 www.fine-art.com, gallery Patrick Gysemberg
- First online large painting sold to the USA, South Carolina, Aiken.
- Represented by Grantsterling, a fine-art gallery in Miami beach Florida USA www.grantsterling.com , artist Patrick gysemberg
- Represented by s2 solutions in Portland, Oregon, USA www.community-arts.net
- January 2004: accepted after jury evaluation by worlds largest Art web community ; www.absolutearts.com or www.wwar.com , artist by name : gysemberg
- as from 01/01/2004 the word : “Mylifeisart”™ is protected as a trademark ™
- 01/01/2004 Patrick Gysemberg acquires the official status of “independent professional artist” => His home address has now become an “Artstore” with the same name.
MY POLLOCK STORY
patrick gysemberg - action painter for a better world 15/05/2005
poem
you are not honestly telling me
that this circus we were born into
is real life?
come on, no kidding me, no fooling me
stop acting, stop lying, stop cheating, stop hating and...
start to live, laugh, love, touch, sing, cry, weep, shout
do whatever you want,
but don't hold back,
just let go, feel your emotions, show your 'self'
let go of your 'self'
show them who you are, show them what you are,
show me where
show me you
I show you me
as I am hiding deep inside myself,
as you can find me deep inside, if you look for me well
I should not hide, no sir, no
I should be me, I should be glad
I should not be afraid of the cruel and absolutely mad
outside world
with all its dictatorial rules and guidelines of engagement
towards the major stream of money and wealth
against the purity of the human soul
as this is scattered and crushed
to many tiny pieces of lost hopes and dreams of the unstable
insanity thanks the sane but
grow with all the pains as pain is life
life is on going
as money kills all
creativity where are you
feeling lonely and sad and mad and cold and afraid and little
getting killed indeed, by life as it is overwhelmingly wrong
but not yet, no, not yet, no just you wait
slowly though as in "step by step"
afraid as with fear fulfilled, yes, fear is to be hated
with utmost hatred of Muslim intensity and Christian precision
towards the lonely feel of the not understood
child in time
as time kills all, our killing fields are all around us now
as they not seem to know
feeling immortal, the poor motherf*ckers
as many they are, too many it seems
as I do not seem to find,
security of thought of my floating soul
wandering around in the midst of those whom I love
but may not be grasping my drift
nor catching my feel, my fear, my despair, my chronicle disbelieve
towards it all
as drifting around in an artistic desert of pure golden hills
excuses are taken and given, as easy as that
to all regulating humans of the immortal heroes
they laugh, they laugh, the poor bastards
but only forget that the time it was for the last
could be any moment as from now
we live
but do not live
our lives
are no lives
we drift
and just drift
till
time has gone out
please hold me,
hold me strong,
break my back if you need to,
I need you;
but this
you might have guessed
as you read this thing
till the end!
love you!
Patrick
17/02/04
pet painting salon turnhout april 2006
Pers info pers info
PET PAINTING SALON with participation of action painter Patrick gysemberg “mylifeisart”
practical
§ Happening: 26/2 van 14 tot 18u in de KUUB (second room of the Warande)
* exhibition : 16/3 tot 9/4 in the exhibition area of the Warande
art or kitch?
master and his dog : acrylic on canvas 40 x 50 cm 2006
http://www.warande.be/tentoonstellingen.php
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Kristofer Paetau:
The end of February we have a special project in the "Warande", cultural centre of the city of Turnhout
Mixture of amateur , semi professional and professional painters, mixed styles, different styles
...
Common issue is the portrait as such
Kristofer is a talented artist who organizes happenings and uses them for his investigations, just see on his website ,. www.paetau.com this tells you more.
He will keep himself on a distance and is faithful to his actions. Thi!s is not about a usual exhibition as the word implizates, but he wants to present the various works as optimal as possible, the contrasts can be interesting
Furthermore it will be a fine day, the intentions and the hearts are ok and the models feel like having fun.
It is about a project of Kristofer Paetau, a young artist/curator from
The happening will be on Sunday the 26 th of February and is called PET PAINTING SALON;
IT IS THE intention to paint a number of people together with their pets. About 50 artists/painters are to be invited and some more models with their pets. Some will work one afternoon at one paintings, others will do more than one, depending on style and technique. Model and painter will find themselves and each other in a nice atmosphere. From 1400 hrs till 1800 hrs there will be working on the paintings. Afterwards the painting can be left for the exhibition or it can be taken home for further finishing works.
This happening is not available for the audience but will be registred through photo and film cameras. As from the 16th of March all produced works will be exhibited in the “Warande” till the 9th of April. Also the material of registration will be part of the exhibition.
The idea for the happening is from Kristofer Paetau, as an artist, supplier of ideas, he will be keeping himself at the background. He will film and document this happening.
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bin laden
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