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Born in PONTORSON in the Manche, I live in VERN SUR SEICHE near RENNES. From an early age I am attracted by graphic arts and I like to express myself through drawing. The taste for Painting really comes to me in 1990. I enrolled in a course at the Fine Arts of RENNES, where I learned the basics of painting for 2 years with Alain AUREGAN.
1993, at the workshop of CHANTEPIE (35) I work on various compositions, but most of my artistic training will be self-taught. Very quickly, I felt the need for expressive freedom and decided to paint alone, landscapes from my imagination or met during travels.
I define my painting as an instinctive and spontaneous interpretation of reality. My figurative style leaves a large place for imagination where the material is expressed to create alternating shadows and lights. Over the years, my work destructures slightly, while remaining figurative, it brings to my works a very personal style.
It is reality that resembles my paintings and not the other way around
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I paint mainly in my studio in Vern Sur Seiche, I happened to make some paintings outdoors, but I am disturbed by the variations of light that influence my choice of colors. I feel freer in the workshop and I am not jostled by time.
I am inspired by seascapes and urban atmospheres, which I instinctively realize with my emotions and memory. Interpretation, creativity, spontaneity, are the ingredients that guide me to realize my works.
Technique
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After having practiced different techniques (Acrylic, pastels, watercolor, etc.), the technique that I favor today is oil on canvas. My favorite themes are: The landscapes of the bay of Mont Saint-MICHEL, the seaside, Urban landscapes, Italy, New York.
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My main utensil is the painting knife, a kind of spatula that I use like a mason uses his trowel. The knife allows me to make flat areas and to superimpose the different layers, in order to obtain new colors. I also use different sizes and shapes of knives for sketching, tracing perspectives and shaping shapes. This work of the material laid generously on the canvas becomes a kind of sculpture, the relief rendered by the successive thicknesses of paint brings the strength and liveliness of the work.
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