My work explores the presence of life as it appears in landscapes, animals, faces and everyday scenes. I paint what stands before us, in a fragile balance between interiority and the outside world.

Landscapes are never backgrounds: they hold a memory, a breath, sometimes a discreet presence — human or animal. In portraits, the gaze becomes a place in itself. It does not narrate; it affirms a presence.

Painting is a space of appearance. Material, colour and gesture form the core of my practice. I seek to translate a sensation, an attention to the living, to what reveals itself quietly.

Landscapes, animals, portraits and life scenes speak to one another. They are different perspectives on the same inquiry: presence, breath, and what connects us to the world.

My work explores the presence of the life, through the landscape, the animals, the faces and the scenes of everyday life.

Find here the upcoming exhibitions and events related to my artistic work.
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Articles

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Upcoming exhibitions

Past exhibitions

2025

• Winner of the prize of the Moulinoise Society of Fine Arts for Les fantômes du Morvan, IV – Autumn’ exhibition 2025, Médiathèque Samuel Paty, Moulins
• Summer lounge of the Cercle Artistique Decizois, Salle des Fêtes, Decize
• Outdoor painting day, september, Decize
• 61st Group Spring Fair, Ducal Palace, Nevers
• Exhibition at the library of La Machine
• 47th Florentian Art Show, Saint Florent sur Cher
• Outdoor painting at the Château de Presle, Cuffy
• Outdoor painting at the Château de Meauce
• Landscape drawing course with Olga Vichneva
• Outdoor painting in Bourbon-Lancy

2024

• 25th Salon des Arts de Cours-les-Barres
• Summer Show, Cercle Artistique Decizois à Decize
• Personal exhibition “Au Paradis”, ephemeral shop, Decize
• 60th Group Spring Fair, Ducal Palace, Nevers
• 26th Painting Exhibition at La Machine
• Outdoor painting day, september, Decize
• Event of the association Le Limon, Rémilly
• Alla prima course with Olga Vichneva
• Participation in “La ronde des Arts”, Larochemillay

2023

• Summer show, Cercle Artistique Decizois, Decize
• Participation in “La ronde des Arts”, Larochemillay