Artist Statement :

Art Therapy awakened a passion for visual expression already predominant in my family of artists (painters & architects). Painting enables me to explore my inner world expressing it with my fingers and brushes. I never know where my colorful wanderings will take me. Sometimes, the introspection is painful, obsessive but the outcome is always a relief, extremely pleasant and soothing.

My paintings delve into my inner world, my quest for identity, and spirituality. I mix the abstract and the figurative, using a variety of techniques (acrylic, gouache, pastel, oil and collage). Combining raw materials and rich texture relief, renders my work into “paintings-sculptures”.


My inspiration is drawn from a variety of sources :

- Primarily Negritude (Blackness). Having lived in Africa, in my youth. I have strong feelings toward the African continent history and aesthetics.
- North-African ornamental art.
- The eyes, since the eye is the mirror of the soul.
- Painters such as Picasso and Modigliani, masters in depicting the human face and body. Klimt, for his intricate sophistication; as well as Hundertwasser, Alechinsky and others for their abstraction.
- Childhood memories, my dreams, my fantasies, and my travels.
- And finally, Martinique, where I live since 2001. A place that has diversified my paintings, intensified my palette, and enhanced my context.

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