ORDER A PORTRAIT
Made in France
Elsa
Smiling
woman 
Sandra
JC red
background
Young
girl 
Mariana
Since the
beginning of time, humans seek the reflection of their
soul. A mirror is not enough. Image can't avoid remaining
on the surface. You don't need anymore to go to
Montmartre in Paris to get a portrait!
A photo may go
beyond the surface of the body: it can find the gesture
that reveals a trait of somebody's inner character.
But photography does not escape the dimension of time. It
remains prisoner of the
instant.
Throughout my
artistic career as a painter and photographer, I have
centered my research on fighting against the ephemerality
of existence. How can I give life to an instant that
photography can record? I start out with an image,
sometimes simple, and then build up different layers of
matter on the canvas, giving body to the image and
engendering an object that will necessarily contain clues
that can help us reveal the nature of a
person.
In
painting words seem kind of nebulous; I invite you
then to look at my work.
Dreaming woman
Cigarette
Sophie
Laetitia
Juan Pablo and Miguel
Angel
If
you want me to create your portrait or that of a loved one,
here are the steps to follow:
1- Send me (by letter or
e-mail)
- Several photographs (digital or scanned) of the person,
preferably of a reasonable size.
- the name of one or more of my paintings (that you can
select in my gallery) and which I will use
as a reference in order to know which style you prefer.
- 30% of the total price (you can pay by paypal,
bank transfer).
2- Five days later, I will
send you back (by e-mail)
- a photo of the painting at it's last step of creation.
3- If you agree with this proposal, you will send me the
remaining 70% of the price (if you don't like the proposal,
I will refund your original 30%
payment).
You'll receive your painting once it dries, two
weeks after your acceptance of the proposal. That means,
in all, less than three weeks (don't hesitate to specify
the urgency of a gift).
If the painting doesn't satisfy you, you can send it back
to me (within two weeks) and I will refund your payment (by
paypal or bank transfer).
As you certainly know, an artist keeps copyrights of his
own work. However, you can specify if you prefer that your
portrait doesn't appear in my website.
