Is he a sculptor, a painter or a draughtsman?
The 1990s saw his rise with sculptures: images of people or at least about people. Until today, heavy themes are tackled. But seriousness and light-heartedness tumble over each other.
From the outset, his work reflected on society, changes and consequences for the human condition. He did not shy away from unusual materials such as sugar, flour and charcoal dust made from charred bread. Fire was an important creative tool early on.
What cannot be dismissed from his work is the use of black, however subtle.
Crevices and holes with smoke are a recurring motif suggesting an opening to another world. A possible parallel world within the parallel world evoked in the painting.
Today, the artist no longer makes sculptures, but echoes of sculpture creep into his handling of the painting. And of drawing.
What he is working on today flows from what he was working on before. Not that the series simply succeed each other. There are chronological overlaps and substantive affinities.
Endless empty landscapes, dominiq V.D. wall. evokes them both in large and small format. In a quasi minimalist manner, he creates spatiality with mostly sparsely applied motifs. His paintings regularly balance on the turning point between abstraction and figuration. From afar, they can look completely abstract and up close there appears to be some kind of figuration.