From a young age I have always practiced a sport. Dance, circus, kung fu, these practices all filled my head with images of moving bodies. Since 2019, I have been setting down these images on paper, making paintings in India ink, sometimes figurative, sometimes abstract, always minimalist.
In this section I present the figurative part of the family. I do take some liberties with the anatomy, a few vertebrae are added here and there, the organs might disappear from time to time, but the body is recognizable, central.
Line art figure drawings
“Envolée colorée”
India ink, acrylic and watercolor on 100% coton 300g paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Energie solaire”
India ink, acrylic paint and acrylic ink on 300g watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Variation en bleu”
India ink and acrylic on 100% cotton 300g paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Le grimpeur” (‘The climber’)
India ink on watercolor paper, 18×30 cm, 2020
“Singing in the rain”
India ink and coloured ink on 300g watercolour paper, 20×20 cm, 2021
“Danseuse de dos”
India ink on 300g watercolour paper, 30×40 cm, 2021. Private collection.
“La femme serpent” (‘The snake woman’)
India ink and coloured ink on 300g watercolor paper, 28×18.5 cm, 2021
“Equilibriste en jaune”
Acrylic and India ink on 300g watercolour paper, 20×30 cm, 2021
“La semeuse de baisers I” (‘The kiss sower I’)
India ink on 300g watercolor paper, 19×18 cm, 2021. Private collection.
“La semeuse de baisers II” (‘The kiss sower II’)
India ink on 180g paper, 29,7×21 cm, 2021
“La pensive”
India ink on 300g watercolor paper, 60×18 cm, 2021
Elongated silhouettes, stretched limbs, everything comes down to finding the right lines so that the bodies come alive under my brush and their energy remains.
Black ink silhouettes drawings
“Danseur en noir” (‘Dancer in black’)
India ink on cold pressed watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Equilibriste en noir” (“Tightrope walker in black”)
India ink on cold pressed paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Danseuse en noir”
Indian Inktober on 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020.
“Guerrier à la lance I”
Indian Inktober on 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020. Private collection.
“Guerrier à la lance II”
Indian Inktober on 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020. Private collection.
“Le pourfendeur de vent”
India ink on 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020.
“Danseur en noir II”
India ink on 300g 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
Ink wash figure paintings
“Swing, 09-10-19”
India ink on watercolor paper, 20 x 30 cm, 2019. Private collection.
“Tread, 20-10-19”
Indian ink on watercolor paper, 18 x 28 cm, 2019
“Trapéziste”
India ink on 100% cotton watercolour paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2019
“Funambule”
India ink on 100% cotton watercolour paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2019
“Abandon”
India ink on 100% cotton watercolour paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2019.
“Trapéziste 2”
ndia ink on 100% cotton watercolour paper, 30 x 40 cm, 2020.
“En vol”
India Ink on 100% cotton watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2019. Private collection
“Le follet”
India ink on 300g watercolor paper 100% cotton, 30×40 cm, 2020. Private collection.
“Le voltigeur”
India ink on 300g watercolor paper 100% cotton, 30×40 cm, 2020. Private collection.
“Le soliste” (‘The soloist’)
India ink on 300g watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Le trapéziste III” (‘The trapeze artist III’)
India ink on 300g watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
“Le rêveur” (‘The dreamer’)
India ink on 300g watercolor paper, 30×40 cm, 2020
Original paintings and artprints for sale
The original drawings are for sale, feel free to contact me for more information about your favorite. Reproductions of some paintings are also available on my online store.
My research around the body in motion also leads me to create more abstract paintings. If you are interested, please visit the “The Acrobats – Abstraction” page.