Frédéric LÉNA was born in 1970 in Tours and spent his childhood and adolescence in Amboise. After studying graphic arts at the Brassart and Etic schools, and after several professional experiences, he created the Antirouille Communication agency with his sister, specialising in graphic communication and strategic consulting, which remains his professional activity to this day.
Drawing and painting have always been an integral part of his daily life. Very early on, he tried his hand at various drawing techniques using different mediums (charcoal, lead, fountain pen, Indian ink, watercolours, ballpoint pens, etc.). It was with his acrylic paintings that he gained a solid reputation in local and regional art shows. At the beginning, the source of his inspiration were the landscapes of the Loire Valley and their vineyards, painting them in a relatively realistic style. Gradually, he separated himself from this style and adopted a freer, more expressive approach. Each canvas becoming the medium for a technical and chromatic research in which the theme of reflection and light have a predominant place.
For him it is important that the technique adapts to and sustains the idea rather than the other way round.
His universe evolves slowly, passing from the notion of contemplation, to that of a mirror on another world to which he adds a metaphysical reflection centred around space and time. The more complex his themes become, the more refined his paintings are.
His paintings evoke the passing of time, an escape towards the future, the interweaving of the natural elements that surround us, the search for atmosphere, the musicality of painting, and the balance of all of these forces.
His desire to simplify leads him to work with tone on tone, or conversely with contrasting tones whilst simultaneously playing with the texture and materials. His paintings thus evoke immediate emotions and sensations.
In short, his painting reflects the mystery of life and through his questioning of the notion of balance in the world, he brings to the fore our own fears of the unknown.
Since 2019, following a meeting with ten French astronauts and an astrophysicist, he has reinvented his painting inspired by astrophysical and astronomical notions. He creates his constantly evolving universe from which he extracts, once a year, the works “Cosmic Rhythms”. His artistic approach is singular, like unique. She is part of the artistic movement called « Arscientism ». (Artists from all disciplines who use scientific notions as a source of inspiration for their art). This contemporary movement brings together artists with similar approaches (physics, astrophysics, biology, meteorological data, etc.) who produce works that are as surprising as they are interesting.
