A peculiarity of mine is that I have been in contact with other artistic expressions only late in my career. Having for a long time lived isolated in an environment outside culture but surrounded by nature, it has been and remains my source, my great master.
I thus carried out my researches with regards to pictorial, matter, and meaning for the first 14 years, without any direct influence.
My first artistic encounter was when I discovered the work of Turner, at the age of 17, during a brief stay in London.
After my first personal exhibition at the age of 28, “Il faut laisser le temps au temps” in Figeac, and my first sale during an exhibition organized at the church of Saint-Cirq Lapopie, I decided to learn Intaglio Printmaking.
I have been taught this very specialized profession in the studio of Tanguy Garric. This allowed me to be in contact with various and contemporary expressions of artists such as Earnest Pignon-Ernest, Pincemin, Dawan, Texier, Garouste, Grosborne, Morellet…
It was also at the start of my stay in Paris, which was initially supposed to last only a year, that I discovered Joseph Sima’s work and my apparent “connection” with this painter.
I was also fascinated by its potential, and I very quickly envisioned the project of creating one painting per day for 365 days on the digital tablet and sharing it daily. I sent them daily by email to about 500 amateurs, and to my great delight, they have very well received this new approach to art.
Through this project, my vision was to provide a window of light by leveraging existing screens in places where art has difficulty entering (hospitals, prisons, nursing homes…) and where it could nevertheless bring comfort and well-being.
This is how I created, at the end of 2017, the company Artwave with the aim to share art with the greatest number by leveraging the screens present in our everyday environment. Regrettably, their current use is still essentially limited to the broadcasting of news channels or advertising spots in a corporate environment.
Artwave’s mission is thus to reach and educate an audience that does not consider, or often simply does not dare, to push the door of the gallery.
The entry of the digital tool into my mode of creation is the source of permanent research that I conduct while continuing to use oils on canvas and engravings with equal pleasure, as each practice and tool enriches the others.
