Tim Van den Abeele

Tim Van den Abeele works as an illustrator and art teacher at KASK, Ghent. His images accompany books that challenge the speed of our times.

To illustrate means to empathize with the story and to search for suitable techniques while purifying lines and colours. Every book must be complete and I find satisfaction whenever my illustrations transmit a sense of vulnerability. – Tim Van den Abeele –

For Van den Abeele illustrations are translations of emotions, a way to transform experience into drawings. For this purpose he uses almost exclusively monotypes which he overlays one another as old lithographies would, creating the emotional texture he seeks. Tim finds inspiration in everyday life; houses, trees and people he meets.

HIS WORK AT VIVID ILLUSTRATIONS

SELECTION AWARDS

2013 Nomination Kinder- en jeugdjury Op een dag was de liefde moe 

SELECTION EXHIBITIONS

2019 “O Wonder, klein wonder”, SteM Sint-Niklaas, Belgium

Tim van den Abeele works as an illustrator and art teacher in Ghent. His images accompany books that challenge the speed of our times.

To illustrate means to empathize with the story and to search for suitable techniques while purifying lines and colours. Every book must be complete and I find satisfaction whenever my illustrations transmit a sense of vulnerability. – Tim van den Abeele –

For Van den Abeele illustrations are translations of emotions, a way to transform experience into drawings. For this purpose he uses almost exclusively monotypes which he overlay one another as old lothographies would, creating the emotional texture he seeks. Tim finds inspiration in everyday life; houses, trees and people he meets.

HIS WORK AT VIVID ILLUSTRATIONS

Published work

SELECTION AWARDS

2013 Nominated for Kinder- en jeugdjury Op een dag was de liefde moe

SELECTION EXHIBITIONS

2019 “O Wonder, klein wonder”, SteM Sint-Niklaas, Belgium