Yves Leterme

Author works

WHILE YOU AND I HAVE LIPS

WHILE YOU AND I HAVE LIPS

Pigments, gouache, gold leaf, brushes and pencil on gessoed BFK Rives paper, 78x57 cm, 2009
THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION

Pigments, brushes and pencil on gessoed BFK Rives paper, 56x48 cm, 2009
THE OLIVETTI VALENTINE

THE OLIVETTI VALENTINE

Pigments, gouache, pencil, nibs, silver leaf on gessoed BFK Rives paper, 20x37 cm, 2008
TENEZ LE CHAMPAGNE

TENEZ LE CHAMPAGNE

Pointed brush, design for sandblasting on glass, 300x100cm, 2008
TAKE TIME

TAKE TIME

Pigments, gouache, ink, nibs on BFK Rives paper 32x55 cm, 2008
PURPOSES

PURPOSES

Pigments and pencil on gessoed BFK Rives paper, 41x41 cm, 2009
PROPERTIUS

PROPERTIUS

Pigments, collage and pencil on gessoed BFK Rives paper, 49x32 cm, 2009
PERHAPS...

PERHAPS...

Pigments, ink, gold leaf and pencil on gessoed BFK Rives paper, nibs, pencil and brushes, 42x25 cm, 2010
INVEST WISELY

INVEST WISELY

Pointed brush, design for mural painting, 2008
I HAVE THE SIMPLEST TASTES

I HAVE THE SIMPLEST TASTES

Speedball nib, ink, paper and Photoshop, silk screen print on Arches paper, 25x35 cm, 2006
EN WIST

EN WIST

Pencil, paper and Photoshop, silk screen print on Arches paper, 25x35 cm, 2006
AUREA MEDIOCRITAS

AUREA MEDIOCRITAS

Pigments, ink, gouache and gold leaf on gessoed BFK Rives paper, nibs and markers, 28x20 cm, 2005

Biography

Yves  Leterme

Yves Leterme (°1959 Belgium), by profession a teacher of Latin and Greek, was initiated in calligraphy in 1991. Soon after, he became a close student of Brody Neuenschwander, who trained him in many ways and who deeply influenced his vision on contemporary calligraphy. But in the years to follow, he also took lessons from several other renowed calligraphers, such as Thomas Ingmire, Peter Thornton, Gotfried Pott and Carl Rohrs.

Already at an early stage he devoted a lot of time developing his gestural style, an approach to writing for which he now receives international recognition. Other typical features are his carefully drawn capitals and his unusual compositions on richly textured backgrounds.

He is cofounder, coach and chief master of the Whitespace-system, a school for contemporary calligraphy in Flanders.

Leterme has participated in numerous local and international exhibitions and his work has been published in several specialized magazines.

In recent years he travels to all continents in order to teach his specific approach on lettering and calligraphy. Next to that and his job at school, he’s a freelance calligrapher who takes on commissions, both commercial and artistic. His work is part of private and museum collections all across the world.

You can visit his website on www.yleterme.be