I have lived and worked in the Cévennes since 1995, a remote mountain area in southern France. There is something compelling about the landscape here, with its ruggedness and sensuality, something you can’t quite grasp. And that is what I am trying to convey.
I work in parallel on landscape paintings and nudes, to see how close I can bring the two. By using the same techniques, ink on paper or canvas, collage with maps, there is sometimes a cross-over.
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Depuis 1995, je vis et travaille dans les Cévennes. C’est un massif montagneux et reculé du sud de la France. Ce paysage sauvage avec sa sensualité et sa rusticité est à la fois attirant et mystérieux. C’est ce que j’essaie de traduire.
Je travaille, en parallèle, le paysage et le nu et regarde comment ils peuvent s’imbriquer, s’entremêler. Les mêmes techniques, encre sur papier ou toile, ou le collage sur des cartes géographiques ou marines me permettent d’opérer un rapprochement.
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- Paysage bleu, mixed media on canvas, 2009, 50 x 250 cm
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- Paysage III, ink on paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2007
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- Paysage IV, ink on paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2007
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- Landscape, triptych, detail, ink on canvas, 33 x 55 cm, 2007
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- Landscape, triptych, detail, ink on canvas, 33 x 55 cm, 2007
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- Paysage, ink on canvas, 30 x 40, 2008
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- Paysage, ink on canvas, 50 x10 cm, 2008
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- Vue des Fosses aux loups, oil on canvas, 50 x 200 cm, 2008
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- Black mountains, oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 2008
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- Mountains, oil on canvas, 100 x 200 cm, 2008
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- Cévennes, oil on canvas, 50 x 100 cm, 2010
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- Map of the Cévennes III, mixed media, 50 x 100 cm, 2010
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- Map of the Cévennes II, mixed media, 50 x 100 cm, 2010
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- Map of the Cévennes I, mixed media, 50 x 100 cm, 2010
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- Mountains III, oil on card, 20 x 35 cm, 2009
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- Mountains II, oil on card, 20 x 35 cm, 2009
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- Mountains I, oil on card, 20 x 35 cm, 2009
