Alexis Lippstreu creates these compelling graphite drawings at a progressive art studio provided by the Centre La Pommeraie studio in Belgium. Bruno Gérard wrote this peice about Luppstreu in Raw Vision #78:
"Lippstreu’s style seemed to be established from the very first drawing. Now and again he will switch to a different format or technique, yet that does not seem to correspond to some stylistic evolution but rather to his fancy. The materials he uses are plain, mostly a 2B black pencil and sometimes a few coloured pencils that he sharpens with a Stanley knife. Now and then, oil pastels would appear for a few weeks. Yet Lippstreu is freer, less tied to the work that serves as a basis, when he simply works with a black pencil. That is when he creates extremely dynamic drawings with strong variations in shades, where light areas appear next to dark ones, while at the same time conveying a great sense of depth. Often he is so caught up in his work, in the dynamics of his pencil strokes, that he does not notice that the lead of his pencil is completely worn out and that, without meaning to, he is carving into the paper with the wood of the pencil." (View Full Article)