Katrien Caymax is one of the important contemporary Flemish graphical artists. From a merely technical point of view, she is very ingenious and she uses a lot of skills in order to achieve what she wants. On the other hand, her style and themes have been the same throughout her career. The public immediately recognizes her strong, flowing line and the clear palette of colours she uses. Her oeuvre is frankly figurative. The female figure is the main theme of her work.
Her ironical approach and her deceptively naïve drawing hide the deeper meaning of Caymax's work. The formal language she uses is strongly two-dimensional and the representation is somewhat deformed, with heavy stress on the lines and the planes. The works show a very deceitful simplicity. It gives her paintings and drawings something familiar at first sight. The power of her work is due to the simplicity of several layers, that form together a web of stories without words or scenario, of imagination and existential self-questioning.