Jacano, a Master of light.

Jacano, a phonetic spelling for his name. Jacques Hanot, wich became his nom de plume, leaves behind 50 years of his work of drawings and paintings. This was his whole life and he had no wish for any other profession.

               Born in Brussels, he drew and painted what he saw of the city's daily life. The Grand-Place was his favourite subject.

                During his career, entirely dedicated to art, he tackled many various subjects, ranging from portraits to paintings cars and airplanes. Much travelling helped him to enrich his inspiration.

                One cannot classify him in any particular school of art. Early in his artistic life, he might have been influenced by one or another, among them Alfred Bastien, but he had acquired his own exclusive style and his well known independent mind set apart from groups of artists.

                 Undisputable master of his drawings and paintings, his range of colours evolved from the grey and softer shades of the Belgian climate to the briljant and powerful colours he experienced in the Sunshine of Africa and other Sunny countries.

                He began with oil and water colours; latrer, he added acrylics to which he sometimes included gold and aluminium leaves. He later used epoxy and polyurethane resins for decorating wall panels and table tops. He extended his drawing to the decoration of ceramics. 

His warm and attrative personality drew his friends into his world of dreams, of beauty and light.

We hope this book will help you to share in this cheerful atmosphere so rich in feelings. "Cécile Hanot"