'Alvaro'

Oil on canvas
41 x 51 cm

Alvaro (44) was born in Medellin, Colombia and adopted by a Belgian couple. He grew up as their only child. He doesn’t have any memories of his early childhood years and also doesn’t have a special interest in his native country. The Belgian coast is his homeland.

After his secondary education he worked for a few years in seasonal restaurants at the beach. Assisting with the assembly of these wooden buildings gave him the festive feeling of the holiday atmosphere, the girls, the tanning and the evenings when he was on duty in the kitchen.
During the dismantling of the buildings in the autumn gales, he was looking forward to the months of doing nothing, which boiled down to hanging around in the gym, long visits to his family and sometimes a short vacation to a warmer climate.

Now, almost 25 years later, this happy guy runs a company that sells and installs catering equipment.