“Immersive Landscapes and Monotypes”
After studying Art in Paris at Atelier Met de Penninghen, I worked as a graphic designer and Artistic Director. It gave me a strong foundation in looking and drawing but not really into the painted making of an image.
I moved to Ireland and started to paint outdoors experiencing immersion within the elements and the landscape. I did not expect to be so moved by the magnitude of it all. The sensuality of the gestures mixing paint on the linen, the violence of colours clashing, the energy involved in creating something.
I then moved my practice indoors because the images created seemed to come from somewhere else and color started to be my main focus.
I often work flat on the ground using my fingers and hands to apply paint directly on the linen, or paper if I am working on monotypes. I like that direct approach and I enjoy the equilibrium as much as the fight in each painting.
I am French with parents from Switzerland and Vietnam and there is a mix of influences creeping back in the work on paper. Ink stains and flowing patterns; rice, silk, vintage papers; the ebb and flows of color; the way the light and the water play with everything.
In 2021 the filmmaker Charlie Joe Doherty and Folklorist Jamie Mc Garrigle realised a short documentary on my practice that was supported by Creativ Ireland and played on RTE part of the series “Yarns” .