• Name: Karolien Soete • Gender: Female • Birthday: 18-Feb-1973 (Age: 35) • Location: Gent, Oost Vlaanderen, Belgium Entries Written: 68 entries Comments Written: 4 comments Signup Date: December 20, 2007 Last Login: December 23, 2007 About Me Granddaughter of the esteemed Flemish artist, Jozeph Roels of Kasterlee and daughter of conductor/musician, Frans Soete, Karolien Soete (born in Flanders in 1973) is blessed with a great repertoire of classical talents and skills. Art director for motion pictures, singing opera in film, and vocalizing Brahms in concert, Karolien's reputation continues to grow in Europe and the U.S. Her favorite medium allows Karolien to explore the tender, insightful world of drawing and painting portraits. Karolien holds a masters degree from the St. Luke Academy of Art specializing in historical graphic techniques. She has studied stone and clay work, photography, architecture, voice, and is fluent in computer design and animation. 'Some will not recognize the truthfulness of my mirror. Let them remember that I am not here to reflect the surface... but must penetrate inside. My mirror probes down to the heart. I write words on the forehead and around the corners of the mouth. My human faces are truer than the real ones.' Paul Klee Statement My goal as an artist is to create portraits depicting the beauty I see around me every day. The human face is what I love most, what I respond to in other artwork, what I find most beautiful, that speaks to all. 'When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.' Ralph Waldo Emerson There’s no greater thrill for me than to discover someone enjoying art. That’s why I do it -- to bring joy to others and to myself. These custom works can preserve memories of loved ones for generations. I am inspired to bring the memory of that person into the present, and help establish a loving relationship between the contemporary man and his roots. Portraiture is my inheritance, my gift, through which I strive to capture the deeper personality of the subject, and perhaps even a glimpse of the soul. In this digital era, with its fast pace and disposable items, I want to create not just a dispassionate record of people and places, but a lasting visual bridge between generations. A bridge of love, identity, pride. Therefore, I am currently available for private portraiture work, which will allow me to further this classic art form.

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