The "Rivages" come from the influence that the Occitan coast, the ponds that surround me have on me. They intoxicate me, inspire me and question me on the notion of space, perspectives, invite me to capture only the essentials of these fields of light and colors. They create real wonder, stir up my desire to paint and melt into this natural unity where the elements coexist without antagonism in perfect harmony.

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The minimalism of pictorial means is a desire for purity, simplicity. Go to what seems to me to be the essential. Nothing should stop the gaze. only a few vertical elements whose reflections are magical create a rhythm that leads to enter further into the painting.

Although they correspond to the reality of these landscapes, the blues are above all chosen as "vectors" to bring the gaze into the picture, the immensity of these places which run to the horizon, appeasement.

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I wanted this work to open up the fields of an inner journey, of beneficial reverie and reflection at this moment when the gaze can rest and rest, glide to the horizon. I wanted to talk about nature and the sky which relieve us of our shackles and generously give us the feeling of a harmony that nothing can alter, of a possible return to a form of grace.