As a contemporary expressionist painter, I use texture to evoke depth, not just visual, but emotional. It’s a record of feeling. Beneath each visible layer lies another, hidden one. Some are scraped away, others remain buried, just as memory fades or transforms over time.

In contemporary art, gesture is a form of communication, a direct link between emotion and action. When I paint, every mark carries intention, whether it’s a bold sweep of the brush or the faint trace of hesitation. Those gestures, to me, are confessions.

Art and mental health have always been intertwined, both are ways of confronting what it means to be human. For me, painting is not about escaping emotion, but about translating it into something visible, something honest.

Art collecting has always been more emotional than transactional. People rarely buy a painting simply because it matches a wall, they buy it because it stirs something within them.

Over time, I’ve come to see that what truly connects a collector to a piece isn’t the subject or technique; it’s the story.

France taught me stillness. I grew up surrounded by muted light and architecture that seemed to breathe with history. The air carried a quiet melancholy, an awareness of time passing, of stories lingering in the texture of walls and streets. That sensitivity formed the foundation of my work. My early paintings were introspective, rooted in shadow and restraint.

Every painting begins with a sound. Sometimes it’s the low, steady tempo of ambient music. Other times it’s something raw and unpredictable, a live performance, a film score, or even the rhythm of a passing train. That sound shapes the emotional landscape of my work.

The size of a painting can transform the way it is experienced. As a French artist in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I’ve learned that scale is not just a technical decision, it is an emotional one. In expressionist art, scale magnifies or softens intensity, shifting how a viewer relates to a work.

Life is rarely linear. It is layered with memory, contradiction, and shifting experiences. This is why I am drawn to mixed media art. As a French artist working in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I see mixed media as the best mirror of modern life, fragmented, overlapping, and richly complex.

Distortion has always been a hallmark of expressionist art. Instead of representing reality as it appears, artists bend and reshape figures to reveal deeper truths. As a French artist working in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, distortion is central to my practice, it allows me to show not just how people look, but how they feel.

Collectors are drawn to expressionist art because it is direct. Distorted figures, exaggerated gestures, and bold color choices reveal truths about human experience that realism often hides. This honesty is what makes expressionism a cornerstone of emotional art.

Art does not exist in isolation. The placement of a painting next to another changes its meaning. In the hands of a skilled curator, works interact, creating dialogues about identity, intimacy, or cultural themes. This curatorial approach transforms exhibitions into living conversations.

The Finding Comfort in You series is one of the most personal bodies of work I have created. As a French artist working in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I wanted to explore not the grand gestures of connection, but the small, intimate ones that often hold the greatest weight.

Color is never neutral. It shapes mood, directs attention, and conveys emotions often before form or gesture is noticed. As a French artist in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I rely on color contrast to create drama that is both subtle and powerful.

One of the unexpected journeys of my work has been its life on screen. As a French artist based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, my paintings have appeared in television shows, films, and commercials through my long-standing partnership with a Los Angeles gallery specializing in set design rentals.

Art is always shaped by place. As a French artist working in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, my influences stretch across continents, from the European traditions I grew up with to the expansive landscapes of California that continue to shape my vision today.

In today’s world of contemporary art, abstraction often dominates conversations, but collectors continue to return to figurative expressionism. As a French artist working in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I believe this connection comes from the figure’s ability to mirror our own humanity.

Silence is often thought of as absence, but in art, it can be a presence all its own. In my paintings, silence becomes the atmosphere that allows emotion to breathe. As a French artist in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I see silence as essential to my practice in psychological art.

Fashion and art have always been connected. Both are languages of expression, shaped by culture and rooted in identity. As a French artist working in both Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I see fashion not only as design, but as a form of storytelling that mirrors what I explore in my expressionist art.

Hands are storytellers. In many of my works, including the Finding Comfort in You series, hands carry as much emotional weight as faces. They console, protect, or reveal inner turmoil without a word. As a French artist working in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I often exaggerate hands in my expressionist art to emphasize their symbolic power.

We live in a world where images are everywhere. Art circulates online in seconds, reproduced endlessly on screens. Yet the value of original art has never been greater. As a French artist based in Los Angeles and Palm Springs, I’ve seen how the physical presence of a painting offers something no digital image can replicate.