available work
'WAG THE DOG'
a solo by Jef Staut
Trained in Animation Film at KASK Ghent, Jef Staut brings the logic of hand-drawn animation into his paintings. His sketchbooks are a starting point, where forms are repeatedly drawn, rearranged and set in motion across pages. His visual vocabulary draws on the bold colours and simplified shapes of toys, puzzles and boardgames, transforming familiar forms into something new.
The expression the tail wagging the dog describes a situation where a seemingly minor element begins to control the whole. In Staut’s paintings, patterns, shapes and shadows similarly shift roles. Nothing is quite unfamiliar, yet nothing behaves entirely as expected.
Thinking in sequences and repetition, Staut builds his imagaes through constant rearrangement. Forms move, disappear, overlap and return, creating a playful tension between order and interruption. Traces of the sketchbook remain visible in the paintings: smudges, alterations, overlaps and layers that behave almost like stacked sheets of paper.
Gradually, Staut's forms edge toward an invented alphabet — convincing enough to make the eye search for meaning, without ever settling into one. Rather than explaining what an image represents, Staut allows it to develop its own rules. His paintings can be seen as animation made static, or as painting that still behaves as though it could move.
And when the logic of the image becomes strong enough, the tail begins to wag the dog.
You can find the available artworks below and more information about the artist here.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions you might have —I’m happy to assist!
Doris Vanistendael: doris@soongallery.be | +32 494900953
WAG THE DOG - a solo by Jef Staut
OPENING WEEKEND
26 & 27 September 2026 | 14h - 18h
FINISSAGE WEEKEND
14 & 15 November 2026 | 14h - 18h
or by appointment
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For The Birds, 2026
oil on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails
28 x 21,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Painter’s Palette , 2026
milled forex, lacquer
151 x 110 cm
€ 4950 -
Red On Red, 2026
oil paint on canvas
100 x 80 cm
€ 3500 -
Pale Blue, 2026
oil paint on cardboard & wooden panel, wooden frame
30 x 23,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Would You?, 2026
oil paint on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails
28 x 21,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Pictionary, 2026
oil paint on canvas
60 x 50 cm
€ 2150 -
Pitter Patter, 2026
oil paint on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails, wooden frame
38,5 x 30 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Duck Duck Goose, 2026
oil on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails, wooden frame
38,5 x 30 cm
€ 1350 -
Dog With Red Collar, 2026
oil paint on linen
40 x 30 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Wet Palette, 2026
oil paint on cardboard & wooden panel
28 x 21,5 cm
€ 990 -
Lucky Five , 2026
oil on cardboard & wooden panel, wooden frame
30 x 23,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Your Turn, 2026
oil paint on linen
40 x 30 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Two For One, 2026
oil paint on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails
28 x 36,5 cm
€ 1250 -
Painter’s Stencil, 2026
FDM-printed PLA
edition of 5
21 x 15,5 cm
€ 300 / 🔴🔴 🔴 🟢 🟢 -
Red Frame With Green Dot, 2026
oil paint on linen
40 x 30 cm
€ 1350 -
Dirty Flower, 2026
oil paint on linen, wooden frame
62 x 52 cm
€ 2250 -
Four In A Row, 2026
oil on cardboard & wooden panel
28 × 21,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Polonaise, 2026
oil paint on canvas, wooden frame
61,5 x 52,5 cm
€ 2250 -
In Between , 2026
oil paint on linen
100 x 80 cm
€ 3500 -
Double Bogey, 2026
oil on cardboard & wooden panel, wooden frame
38,5 x 30 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Drip Drop Drop, 2026
oil paint on canvas
30 x 24 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Ampersand, 2026
oil paint on cardboard, wooden panel & steel nails, wooden frame
30 x 23,5 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Back To Start, 2026
oil paint on canvas
40 x 30 cm
🔴 SOLD -
Sketchbook Page 1, 2026
HB pencil on paper
44 x 31,5 cm
€ 850 (framed) -
Sketchbook Page 2, 2026
HB pencil on paper
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 3, 2026
HB pencil on paper
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 4, 2026
HB pencil , acryl paint and stickers on paper
€ 1050 unframed : h 29 × 40 cm
€ 1300 framed : h 37 × 48 cm -
Sketchbook Page 5, 2026
HB pencil on paper and stickers
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 6, 2026
HB pencil on paper
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 7, 2026
HB pencil, acryl paint and stickers on paper
€ 1050 unframed : h 29 × 40 cm
€ 1300 framed : h 37 × 48 cm -
Sketchbook Page 8, 2026
HB pencil on paper
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 9, 2026
HB pencil and acryl paint on paper
€ 1050 unframed : h 29 × 40 cm
€ 1300 framed : h 37 × 48 cm -
Sketchbook Page 10, 2026
HB pencil on paper and acryl paint
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm -
Sketchbook Page 11, 2026
HB pencil on paper
€ 650 unframed : 29 × 20 cm
€ 850 framed : 44 x 31,5 cm