La passion du beau.

<p> <u><strong>PRESENTATION : </strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p> Cautious by nature, I've been testing the artistic life for almost ten years, thanks to my friends and family's backing.</p> <p> By this I mean drawing and painting, finding galleries, preparing exhibitions, meeting the public at the openings, selling my works, keeping my finger on the pulse of the art community, etc, <strong>whilst also </strong><strong>being waiter and bartender at the same time.</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Img_75281-1456427524" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282387/IMG_75281-1456427524.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Today, I feel that the time has come for me to get into it for real : bye bye catering, <strong>I become a full time Artist !</strong></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="12391788_461701407368327_5654532725000307790_n-1456367690" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282097/12391788_461701407368327_5654532725000307790_n-1456367690.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Since deciding to become a full time artist, I've set the wheels in motion :</p> <p> - I'm working on my network : Facebook, Instagram, etc and soon, thanks to you, a brand new website !</p> <p> - I'll be able to pay taxes as my official status is on its way.</p> <p> - I'll soon have storefront in a collective workshop with an exhibition space (work in progress) in <a href="http://espacehomage.blogspot.fr/p/lieux-de-vie-liens-de-vie-projet-2015.html" target="_blank">St Paul area</a>, <a href="http://www.google.fr/maps/place/Rue+Bouqui%C3%A8re,+33000+Bordeaux/@44.8366349,-0.5726122,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0xd5527cee0fc883b:0x63ec1ab84bc85927" target="_blank">center of Bordeaux</a>.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>THE PROJECT : </strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p> To acknowledge my entrance, I have some artistic projects under development :</p> <p> - <strong>A </strong><strong>full rewriting of m</strong><strong>y <a href="http://sylvainbaudouin.com" target="_blank">website</a> </strong>, cause having a beautiful store will attract people into the shop.</p> <p> - <strong>The art contests, <a href="http://revelations-emerige.com" target="_blank">Révélation Émérige</a> and <a href="https://www.luxembourgartprize.com/fr/" target="_blank">Art Luxembourg</a></strong>, cause baby I know you like it shinny.</p> <p> - <strong>Convince a gallery to represent my interests </strong>with a well established portfolio, cause I'm better with brushes than with a shop till.</p> <p> - Last, but not least, <strong>a personal exhibition </strong>near Paris in May, because you know, seems normal for artist to show his work, a little bit, sometime...</p> <p>  </p> <p> Ambitious ? But I love challenge !</p> <p>  </p> <p> <u><strong>THE SMALL STORY THAT WILL (MAYBE) BECOME A GREAT ONE :</strong></u></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> When I was 22, I thought I had found the perfect job at la <a href="http://www.sevresciteceramique.fr/site.php?type=P&amp;id=2" target="_blank">Manufacture Nationale de Sèvres</a> : I would become Public Service employee, practice some prestigious crafts, and benefits from employment security.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="A-1456333443" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/281940/A-1456333443.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> It seems that security was too much for me. Because as soon as the training was done, I left to travel the world and spend my life painting it.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="C-1456338745" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/281984/C-1456338745.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> However, I do not regret the time spent there. Lessons in drawing, painting and modeling gave me the confidence I needed to start the artistic adventure.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="B-1456333532" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/281941/B-1456333532.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Although it took me time to understand, <strong>I always wanted to draw</strong>. When I tried it for the first time, I noticed a problem : my line was not up to my ambitions. I would have to be patient and learn.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="La_femme_bleue-burel-1456361825" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282093/La_femme_bleue-BUREL-1456361825.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> So I started copying the pictures I liked. In school, whoever could best duplicate our favorite manga characters would win.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Dessins-1457444700" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/287495/Dessins-1457444700.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Then taking classes, I improved my technique, and accuracy and pertinence quickly became my priorities.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="100_0115-1457022127" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/285508/100_0115-1457022127.jpg"></p> <p> <img alt="100_1123-1457022197" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/285510/100_1123-1457022197.JPG"></p> <p> <img alt="109-1457022266" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/285511/109-1457022266.JPG"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> At the same time, I discovered photography. And little by little, I arranged a picture library from which I could precisely study my subjects and keep on refining my paintings.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Carte-1456353468" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282055/Carte-1456353468.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> And when I started to travel, nature was first to catch my gaze.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Colosse_tranquille-s_verine_mar_chal-1456353748" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282057/Colosse_tranquille-S_verine_Mar_chal-1456353748.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> As a humble witness, I wanted to share all the treasures seen on the way. I sought fluidity and softness to make sure the eye wouldn't be hurt by anything.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Et_tout_recommencer-1456353922" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282058/Et_tout_recommencer-1456353922.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Every detail had to be a pretext to take a walk and contemplate, be amazed, to meditate and take time to breathe.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Palabres-nathalie_virginie-1456354258" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282060/Palabres-Nathalie_Virginie-1456354258.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Yet I admired artist's works like <a href="https://www.google.fr/search?q=oswaldo+guayasamin&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=D0N&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwj7hMypzJPLAhXM1BoKHcDkDWIQ_AUIBygB&amp;biw=1272&amp;bih=676" target="_blank">Oswaldo Guayasamin</a>, <a href="https://www.google.fr/search?q=Pierre+Soulages&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=tCC&amp;source=lnms&amp;tbm=isch&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwiljseUw5vLAhUF6xQKHeu5AsEQ_AUIBygB&amp;biw=1272&amp;bih=676#tbm=isch&amp;q=pierre+soulages+oeuvres+principales" target="_blank">Pierre Soulages</a> or <a href="https://www.google.fr/search?q=aboriginal+painting&amp;client=opera&amp;hs=FuF&amp;tbm=isch&amp;tbo=u&amp;source=univ&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=0ahUKEwjpy4SR-JvLAhVIWBQKHVaSCp0QsAQIHA&amp;biw=1272&amp;bih=676" target="_blank">aboriginal painting</a>. I often felt frustrated, locked in my methodical description of reality.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Cep-severine_marechal-1456354956" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282063/Cep-Severine_Marechal-1456354956.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> I then had to dig into the matter, seeking further in the details, further into memory, into pain itself to force a sense of abandon, and free myself from immaculate result diktat.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p>     <img alt="La_mati_re-1456427437" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282386/La_Mati_re-1456427437.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> As a teenager, I used to kill time filling sheets of paper with patterns. It recently came back to me, and I use now repetition to cause an automatic writing.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Entre_chien_et_loup-1456358051" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/282083/Entre_chien_et_loup-1456358051.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> This way, freed the technique in my hand, allowing it to express itself. Things happen, implementation become a whole experience and not only a distance between the idea and the result.</p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> <img alt="Sylvains-1457426031" src="https://d3v4jsc54141g1.cloudfront.net/uploads/project_image/image/287335/Sylvains-1457426031.jpg"></p> <p>  </p> <p>  </p> <p> Every detail is then my introspective trip footprint that we can follow on a map.</p>