Lieve Hakkers artistic research explores the language of images. Taking obscurity as a starting point, her works transform into ambiguous, partly figurative paintings. Hakkers body of work explores themes such as timelessness, transformation and self-expression. While initially the artist abstained from painting figures, once she began making her own tempera paint, the figures found their way back into her work. Hakkers current practice focuses on capturing glimpses of  the people in her life, portraying them as moments in passing.