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Alexy Berthelot
ART Habens
exploring the mysteries of
painting...
My mother initiated me to the
world of painting, although she
does not know how to draw
herself. Painting "classic",
primitive Italian and Flemish,
Dutch, Spaniards and Italians,
Impressionist, Matisse ... I begin
painting about 13 years old with
my own imagination very marked
also by Greek mythology, without
imitating anyone but inspiring of
course. I follow drawing classes in
college, and later I read, go
through libraries and museums of
all kinds and I begin to travel ...
In my work I feel balanced on a
thread ... I rarely explore the past
and do not take into account the
events of my life or the world as
an integral part of the creative
process, but I consider the
evolution and the feeling Common
to man. I would say that I am
rather listening to my feelings and
my desires but there is always a
thread, an inspiration, a theme to
explore that brings me closer to
men. The beginning of my journey
was rather expressionist and
liberating, sign of adolescence. I
was in a moving picture of life. In
the present period, I am in a more
mature, more controlled, more
peaceful creative research. The
more I progress in technique, the
more precision my painting
becomes interior and silent. Each
painting or project painting is
studied before being put on
canvas or wooden panel ... in the
first place I use essentially
photography as a basis for my
projects. I realize myself most of
my photos thanks to a mini studio
that I installed.
I did not study in painting school
.... I was supposed to learn a
practical trade rather than follow
the school of Fine Arts. I regret it a
little. My job leaves me little time,
so all my leisure has always been
devoted to painting.
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