The Artist
I have complex and lifelong ties to expressive media and abstract artistic forms. Trained as a concert musician, my knowledge of jazz composition provided the platform for my transition into the visual arts and my expression as a painter and a designer.
My work is dependent on design fundamentals: form, colour, and composition, and I believe the most complex emotions can be evoked from the simplest forms. I explore the intimate relationship between nature, art, and modernist ideas in musical composition.
I draw inspiration for my paintings directly from nature; rather than re-creating a landscape on a canvas, I aim to express its energy and essence. Where some people see places and things, I am stimulated by light, form, and emotional response to my surroundings. Sometimes my paintings contain elements that are almost recognisable, although I often make the decision to obscure certain attributes, pushing the final image further toward abstraction. The varying colours and subtle network of shadows and light that are revealed through the layers project a sense of atmosphere and tension that draws the viewer into the mystical and mysterious. At this point, it is my hope that what begins as a visual experience transcends to a deeper emotional journey.
Exhibitions
2020 “Nak-Re”, Thierry Bertrand, Ile de Ré, France
2019 The Minster Gallery, Winchester, UK
2018 Josephine Clavel Project, London, UK
2018 The Minster Gallery, Winchester, UK
2018 “Art and Design Fair”, Chicago, (Bruno Framont, CT)
2017 ESPACE 52, Saint-Sulpice, VD, Switzerland
2017 AD2021, Boston, MA, USA
2017 Galerie, Marie Demange, Bruxelles, Belgique
2016 The Box Gallery, London UK
2016 Ron Cavalier, Nantucket, MA, USA
2016 The Armory show, Bruno Framont Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA
2015 Espace 52, Saint-Sulpice, VD, Switzerland
2015 The Armory show, Bruno Framont Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA
2015 The Minster gallery, Winchester, UK
2015 Galerie, Marie Demange, Bruxelles, Belgique
2015 Wallace Hall, Bruno Framont Gallery, Greenwich, CT, USA
2014 Espace 52, Saint-Sulpice, VD, Switzerland
2014 The Armory show, Bruno Framont Gallery, New York, USA
2013 The Contemporary art Gallery, Brissot, Paris France
2013 The Armory show , Bruno Framont Gallery, New York, USA
2013 The Minster Gallery Winchester, UK
2013 Bruno Framont CT, USA
2013 Ruth Morpeth Gallery NJ, USA
2013 Galerie Guy Flichy Paris , France
2012 “Musée du Sénat”, jardin du Luxembourg, Paris, France
2012 The Armory show , Bruno Framont Gallery, New York, USA
2012 Galerie Guy Flichy Paris , France
2012 The Contemporary art Gallery Brissot Paris, France
2012 Ron Cavalier Nantucket, MA, USA
2012 The Minster Gallery Winchester, UK
2012 Cynthia Corbett Gallery London, UK
2012 Bruno Framont CT, USA
2011 The Contemporary art Gallery Brissot Paris, France
2011 Galerie Guy Flichy Paris , France
2011 Cynthia Corbett Gallery London, UK
2011 Bruno Framont Gallery Greenwich, CT, US
2011 Ruth Morpeth Gallery New Jersey, USA
2010 The Contemporary art Gallery Brissot Paris, France
2010 Ruth Morpeth Gallery New Jersey, USA
2010 Galerie “ Frank-Pierre Lairaud “, Biarritz, France
2009 Ruth Morpeth Gallery New Jersey, USA
2009 William Turner Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA, USA
2009 The Contemporary art Gallery Brissot Paris, France
2009 Diamante Gallery Carmel, Californie, USA
2008 Jonathan Shorr Gallery New York, NY, USA
2008 Ruth Morpeth Gallery New Jersey, USA
2008 Galerie “ Brissot & Linz ” Paris, France
2007 Diamante Gallery Carmel, Californie, USA
2007 Galerie “ Brissot & Linz ” Paris, France
2007 Ruth Morpeth Gallery ” New Jersey, USA
2006 Groupe Rothschild 22, ave Matignon, Paris, France
2006 Diamante Gallery Carmel, Californie, USA
2006 ADM Project Gallery Hollywood, Californie, USA
2005 WilliamTurner Santa Monica, LA, CA, USA
2005 Galerie “ Valeurs d’Arts ” Paris, France
2005 Diamante Gallery Carmel, Californie, USA
2005 Paul Labrecque Gallery New York, NY, USA
2004 United Nations, New York, NY, USA
2003 Galerie “ FIAF, Aliance Française ” New York, NY, USA
2002 Galerie “ Choiseul ” Paris, France
2001 Dumbo Brooklyn, NY, USA
2000 Here Gallery New York, NY, USA
1999 Here Gallery New York, NY, USA
1998 Galerie “AI & Gallery” Salisbury, NY, USA
1998 Highland Cultural Center Ossewego, NY, USA
1998 3rd Street Gallery Philadelphia, PA, USA
1998 Art in General New York, NY, USA
1997 East Wing French Library, Columbia University, NY, USA
1995 Main Line Center Haverford, PA, USA
1992 Galerie “Mise en Scène” Versailles, France
1990 Galerie “Interior Mode “ Boston, MA, USA
1989 Tackaberry Gallery” New-Port, RI, USA
1989 Galerie “Mise en Scène” Versailles, France
2018 ongoing: “Bejart” a nomadic art installations project; Hong Kong; Japan; Malaysia and Mexico
Bio
1983 Conservatoire de Musique, Flûte, Reuil-Malmaison,Paris, France
1985 Beaux Arts de Paris, Art History, Paris, France
1987 Berklee College of Music, Jazz Composition, Saxophone, Boston
1990 New School, Graphic, New-York
