The studio at 11 rue d’Orsel at the foot of Montmartre
It has now been nine months since I moved into this studio at the foot of Montmartre, a quiet, light-filled space at 11 rue d’Orsel in Paris’s 18th arrondissement, near the Anvers and Barbès metro stations.
The open house has just ended www.anversauxabbesses.fr.
There were wonderful exchanges and many visitors. Photographers offered me portraits in situ!
It was a great energy boost to get back to creating.
For me, art is a joyful practice, an active investigation fueled by curiosity and imagination.
My work is based on exploring diversity in all its forms: textures, structures, light, movement... I play with shapes and colors in a creative quest where reality flirts with imagination.
This approach stems from my background: my studies in geography, then my career as a chief editor alongside my work as a painter. Travel, curiosity, and a documentary approach feed my artistic practice and shape my view of the world.
I often work in series. Each one becomes a laboratory where I experiment freely: gouache, ink, cyanotype, collage... Each technique reveals different aspects of the subject and multiplies the possibilities of expression. I let myself be guided by spontaneity and intuition, I refuse to follow the beaten track, I seek the unexpected, I cultivate surprise.
Each series is a new adventure where I test new relationships between colors and shapes, new ways of revealing the richness of the world around us.
