Paintings
Investigation from others.
I paint faces to tell the unspoken story. Each portrait is an encounter, each series a piece of the journey.
I.
The legacy
My father painted with watercolors. After his passing, I picked up my brushes again, like picking up an interrupted conversation.
At the workshop.
II.
The wide
I have a very strong connection with the ocean, whether as a sailor or a surfer; I was lucky enough to do a transatlantic crossing and to confront this raw nature, an inexhaustible source of inspiration.
On the water, with this infinite horizon, there is a form of poetry between what we see and what we imagine.
III.
The faces
The faces came next. Women and men from here and elsewhere, met or dreamed of. I'm less interested in resemblance than in what passes through a gaze.
Series · 01
Blue Adventure
First, the blue, and then those faces emerging from this abstract chaos with pensive looks that tell their own story.
AlaïA
JULIA
Maia
Adja
Jaya
ANNA
Series · 02
Karekau
Then matter. Between ochre lands and ocean, from one shore to the other, the abstract and the face, a gaze emerges amidst colorful spaces.
Elaïa
Sitoumi
Sakura
Series · 04
On the Wall
The street, the wall, the graffiti: the portrait is like a poster you come across in the city that looks back at you.
Series · 05
Fragments
And then the face fragmented: texture, collage, shards. Like a memory being pieced back together bit by bit.
Fragment#3
Fragment#4
Fragment#1
IV.
The gesture
First, a form of controlled chaos where colors blend, clash, and juxtapose. Then a face, a gaze, an emotion emerges to create a dialogue and harmony between these two elements.
Acrylic · pastel · ink · charcoal · collage · graffiti
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