Painting becomes music when the colours resonate within us. It is what disturbs us, what upsets us, what soothes us. It is a gesture, a bodily attitude, it is a fleeting and powerful moment. Music sets the colours and pleasing shapes we are given to hear.
Soul Queen
This is the story of a non-musician who meets an instrument. She picked up the guitar in a somewhat romantic gesture, as if driven by a triumphal mission.
The immediate pose gave me the impression that she had seized a sceptre. The features of her soft, curved face gave the scene a very interesting artistic shift to paint. I chose dark sepia tones to give the body its exalted attitude and give the painting a historical feel. As if to let the present rediscover the pigments of yesteryear.
And the music turned sepia.
Olga ha l'arco
Leaving instruments under the gaze of my models, Olga chose to pick up the cello that day. I let her express herself freely. Captivated by the melancholic yet generous and intense sound of the cello, I drew on her sensations.
I wanted to express something very organic, a very strong light emanating from the clear texture of her skin, the very smooth appearance of her face, in contrast to the well-defined grain of the instrument, the very dark background preserving a very intimate relationship between them.
Music gives rise to an intimate relationship.
Em en sib
This portrait is an encounter between the model and a silent instrument. She seized upon it. I then took the sound of her positions to create this painting like a silent melody.
The touch of blue on her skin comes like an unexpected note in the uninterrupted music of the musician's movement. Seizing this unexpected moment in motion, I tried to give it a ‘pop’ look, as music can be so eclectic.
Like a great Jazz fresco from the 1980s.
BWV 1055 R
This portrait was inspired by Johann Sebastian Bach's concerto for oboe d'amore. The model chose to pose with this rare instrument. Attracted by its soft, enveloping tone as much as by its bulbous shape, she chose a delicate pose that respected the object.
Using projected light, I sought to convey a highly intuitive and sensory relationship through intense colours and shadows on the body. The instrument could then blend, like a reflection of the soul, into our deepest intimacy, which it would reveal.
Music, like the discourse of the soul.
