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Many people have already written I remember that you were not much at ease with the word “artist“.

about your painting
, your childhood in the islands I remember that making a living doing what you

and your love of the south of France.
loved seemed odd to you.

1986 – 2016, 30 years during which your passion has become I remember all the successes, both unexpected and unplanned,

your profession too, but what were things like before?
that followed, and brought such excitement to all the family.

I remember I always saw you sketching, drawing,
I remember...

doing caricatures, sculpting, making objects.

I remember the giant frescoes that you painted

on our bedroom walls when we were children. I remember that yesterday and still today:

You prefer
I remember your first paintings made in a little studio
the school of life to art and business schools.

set up in the corner of the dining room. You prefer, as a self-taught artist, to paint instinctively

I remember your first exhibitions in the village
rather than through rules and theories.

with other painter friends.
You prefer to paint what you love rather than

I remember «friends of the arts» exhibitions
following a trend or a fashion.

when you already won a few prizes. You prefer to look at works rather than reading endless biographies.

I remember the best restaurant in the town
You prefer to speak about other people’s

where your first works were sold.
works more than your own.

I remember your first solo exhibitions in cultural center.
You prefer visual art to conceptual art.

I remember your first patrons who gave you the momentum
You prefer, like in your paintings, to live a life

to devote yourself completely to painting. made up of simple pleasures.

I remember your first exhibition at an art gallery. You prefer your paintings to be exposed rather

I remember that you sometimes disappeared
than stored in your studio.

for days at a time into your studio.
You prefer to paint all the time, because that is what you love.

I remember that nothing was planned out,
Continue for a very long time to come.

but things happened naturally.

I remember that you were hesitant about leaving your job,
Laurent DEYMONAZ

but we were all ready to accept this difficult choice.

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