Colourful, with obvious Latin American influences. With a lack of respect for the academic straightjacket of perspective. Briels is a sculptor, painter, creates glass sculptures and designs furniture. But his signature is and will always be the cheerful and optimistic outlook on life. The artist arouses the viewer’s imagination by revealing images other than those we expect to see. We tend to be nurtured on stereotypes and not these rich imaginative interpretations of the objects and events by which our lives are shaped. The worldwide appreciation and respect that are now his lot have gone some way to prove the success of his approach. No surprise, as his interpretations of the routine are universal and thus recognisable to all.