The starting point for this work is figurative, or at least highly referential. In this case, that means printed information : weekly and above all daily publications (local, national, foreign). Each painting stems from the visual translation not of the content of these newspapers, but of the surface organization of their columns, either on the front page or throughout the whole issue. Colour respects similar constraints, based on an immutable underlying grid : red for ads, black for photos, grey or white for everything not covered by the other colours. This chromatic underpinning might be complemented by other colours whose function is determined by the series in progress and whose order is established by a random draw.

Excerpt for a preface by J.M. Huitorel

Born in 1946 in Tours

Latest main exhibitions

• 2006 Musée Matisse, le Cateau-Cambrésis
• 2007 Centre d’Art Contemporain Bouvet Ladubay, Saumur
• 2009 Stadtgalerie Klagenfurt, Autriche
• 2010 Musée de Sens
• 2010 Espace de l’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux

Works in museums and public collections

• Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris
• Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain, Basse Normandie
• Espace d’Art Concret, Mouans-Sartoux
• Arithmeum , Bonn, Allemagne
• Museum im Kulturspeicher, Wurzburg, Allemagne