I believe life is not a series of accidents but a magic thread that one can choose to ignore.
BIO
I am a self-taught artist who pursued art classes until 16 then chose to explore art without constraints, going with the flow. I received additional art training at the Institute of Art of Chicago, and more recently, with contemporary artist Nicholas Wilton. I am a current member of the Art2Life Academy and the Art2Life Creative Vision Program. Observation – through photography, and pattern or system analysis – remained a common thread throughout my various pursuits. After a forty-year hiatus, and to honor a promise I made to myself, I am back full time as a creative artist since 2018.
Born in the Sahara, starting schooling in Germany, I traveled back to my native country as a civil war emerged. Back to France, a few years later, along with many refugees, I welcomed my family’s relocation to Tahiti a year later. This was a time of healing and reconnection with nature. After traveling on my own to Africa, Turkey, Egypt, West French Indies, I settled in Boston, Massachusetts, between the Charles River and Atlantic Ocean.
Growing-up, I developed a visceral bond to the lands surrounding me – crabbing in the Mediterranean, watching tropical fishes fluttering around corals in the Tahitian lagoon, swimming in the Congo River or exploring a copper mine in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Drawn to Eastern philosophies since my stay in Tahiti, I became a practitioner of various Chinese martial arts.
My sensitivity to nature along with my meditation practices are my source of inspiration. The fauna and flora, colors, patterns and light qualities I encountered in Africa, the Mediterranean and Tahiti flow throughout my work.
Memberships
Art2Life Academy
Brickbottom Artists Association
Cambridge Art Association
Fort Point Artists Community