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1985
- a gift box of watercolors presented in the Aude, a region full of
colors and charm; a love match - at first timid, then more and
more bold as the years go on. Guided by talented painters, mixing colors with more and more assurance, my palette increased and became brighter, and came to include various techniques: watercolor, oil and acrylic. Now retired and living in the Aude, I have discovered pastels, and I also participate regularly in life drawing sessions. Recently, I have also been modeling in clay, the magic sculpture medium where forms are born and take form under my fingers. All the techniques that I have tried bring me much joy: oil and acrylic for their bright flowing colors, for their consistence and covering power, which allows me to bring substance and weight to a subject; watercolor, for a way of having paints always at hand; life drawing as a method of deepening the study of the human form, by way of drawing with all its subtleties of movement, of form and of light. Not everyone sees in the same way. Cezanne said "The duty of art is not to copy nature but to express it." The important thing, in my eyes, is that my paintings be able to evoke atmosphere, ambiance and emotion. Water is of great importance in my works; the rippling of a stream under a bridge, the reflections of boats in the water's surface, for me are synonymous with calm, with freedom and with liberty. Similarly, I love portraits, finding they give me a way to go beyond the modeling of the face, to the spirit and thoughts of my inner self. |
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