17 facts about Carole Dekeijser

Carole Dekeijser (1959–2008) was a Belgian painter, mainly known for her monumental figurative paintings, for example: Hypnos and Thanathos, Yin-Yang the Global Change or the Sacring of Jeanne d’Arc. She was also the creator of many abstract paintings.

She started her professional career as a scientific designer in the department of medical research accustom Prof. Haumont at the UCL (Louvain University, Belgium). In 1990, Carole Dekeijser worked in the biology department of the ULB (Brussels University) where she illustrated several scientific books for, among others, the neuro-psychiatric department of the Brussels Military Hospital and the pharmaceutical company Park-Davis. To remain closer to her family circle, she associated TTT-Styling-Design, the last of the numerous companies created by her husband, as a commercial performer and scientific designer. During that time, she decorated car bodies, illustrated books for kids and gave airbrush classes to professional designers. Along later than these activities, Mr. D. Cahen, head of the Institute for Natural Sciences, asked her to illustrate a large exhibition upon evolution. Its achievement exceeded all expectations because of the originality of the approach: human progression was exclusively presented from a female tapering off of view. Pleased in the tell of this well-to-do outcome, the organization asked her to accept part in everything the major undertakings organized by the institute.

On her husband’s request, she left the institute in 1999 to devote herself exclusively to painting. Thanks to her training, her career and her friends, she met numerous scientists, philosophers and other people from various fields next whom she shared passions and discoveries. The practice of aikido, aikijutsu, bōjutsu and aikiken, both Japanese martial arts, brought her in touch with the ancient Asian philosophical concepts of the universe.