After my artistic studies, I dedicated my career to image : illustrator, art director and finally history of Arts teacher, and applied arts.Since 1995, I paint, sculpt and exhibitNourished by the works of painters such as Caillebotte, Hopper, Vélikovic, Freud,...
Read MoreAfter my artistic studies, I dedicated my career to image : illustrator, art director and finally history of Arts teacher, and applied arts.
Since 1995, I paint, sculpt and exhibit
Nourished by the works of painters such as Caillebotte, Hopper, Vélikovic, Freud, Bacon, as well as those of Narrative Figuration such as Monory, I followed this advice: "don’t learn to paint, paint!"
My double American and French origins are definetly influencing the choice of some of my subjects.
My inspiration is fuelled by our technical civilization and its relationship to the natural world.
The figurative paintings combine natural motifs in dialogue with my own inventions.
The images are imaginary representations, metaphors that express truths beyond their visible form.
I like to confront fiction and reality, nature and artifice.
I consider my images to have achieved their purpose when they blur interpretations and cause confusion in the viewer. I feel close to the approach of the Narrative Figuration’s artists.
I don’t seek to make "beautiful" paintings but meaningful images.
I paint to tell sensations, moods, stories that are beyond me. I let myself be guided by my brushes, they teach me something about me, about the world too.
It is demanding work, a parallel, pervasive, transcendent universe."
But as had said Francis Bacon:
"If you can say that, why bother painting it?"
Principales expositions :
Galerie Lionel Néguiral - Clermont-Ferrand
10e salon Anversois des Antiquités et de l'Art (Belgique)
Centre Germaine Revel - St Maurice sur Dargoire (Rhône)
Galerie Jara - Lyon
Espace Culturel André Malraux - Tarare
Salon de Bougoin-Jallieu (expo collective)
Expo inaugurale La 5e Saison "Vivement l'Été" - Lyon (expo collective)
Exposition/visite d'atelier - Lyon (expo collective)
Espace Novel - Annecy (expo collective)
Galerie du Côté de… - Lyon (expo collective)
Galerie Peggy M. - Lyon
Fort du Bruissin, Francheville – Rhône (expo collective)
La Coupole, St Loubès - Bordeaux (expo internationale franco-américaine)
Galerie Envied'art - Paris (expo collective)
Expo atelier Isabelle Effantin - Lyon
Expo sculptures "Chiens", Galerie St Charles "Résonnance" Biennale de Lyon
Expo "Chiens", Green Flowers Art Gallery - Boulogne
Espace Culbuto - Villeurbanne
5e Salon International d'Art Contemporain Art3F - Paris
112e Salon des Artistes Orléanais - Orléans
Expo Mekanics - Centre Censier Paris Anim' - Ville de Paris
Galerie Martin Sauvage - Nice
