The fleetingness of a movement, the lightness of a flight, the grace of a silhouette, the depth of a gaze, the power of a scent awakens our senses. \n<\/p>\n\n
The animal world has long been a source of inspiration for my drawings and watercolours. The discovery of sculpture was a revelation in the sudden life that volumes made more present, palpable and instinctive.<\/p>\n\n
My profession as a vet requires me to understand anatomy, but also to observe and feel animals as closely as possible. Living in the countryside between the Doubs and the Jura means I can wander through forests that are still wild, where encounters with wildlife are as obvious as the desire to sculpt them. I let myself be guided by my sensations: the memory of a woodcock with immense wings and a huge beak, the electric blue glitter of a kingfisher on the lookout, the stalking of a fox with its nose to the wind, the furtive silhouette of a lynx, the thunderous flight of a capercaillie, the hazel grouse lurking on the ground. Sometimes it takes a while for a project to mature, but then it becomes imperative to carry it out.<\/p>\n\n
It gives me real pleasure to bring this metal to life, to see it bend, assemble and fuse, until its shapes and materiality finally evoke energy.<\/p>\n\n
Some of my originals are made in numbered bronzes at the Deroyaume foundry (Villers sur Port-70), which allows me to take the colour elsewhere.<\/p>\n\n
The foundry is a wonderful, magical world where molten metal embodies life. I spend a lot of time there chiselling my bronzes. It’s a bit like my second studio, because I’m particularly welcome there.<\/p>\n\n
May this marvellous wild world remain the source of our inspiration and never become anything more than a distant memory!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3387,"template":"","class_list":["post-806","artistes","type-artistes","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n