Biography
I was born in Paris and developed interest in art as a kid. Later my parents were not supporting of me going to an art school and I was good in math, I went to one of the best engineering school in Paris. During that time, I took some drawing and painting classes at Les Beaux Arts in Versailles.
Then I spent 45 years in the high technology industry. During that time, I had little time for art. In the 70s as I was living in New York, I got interested in black and white photography and attended classes for one year with a Life magazine photographer. Later, living in Nice in the South of France, a friend of mine was a sculptor and a painter. He helped me to learn clay modeling and I still have a few sculptures that I fired them first in my fireplace and later in a kiln. When I retired seven years ago, I was eager to get back to arts and,not being sure that I could do it, I attended the local Community College for 18 months. I was then convinced that to enjoy painting I needed to learn to do it in a professional fashion. As I looked for the right University, I choose AAU. AAU was offering me a formal training in addition to a creative thesis.
As I traveled around the world, I see a lot of beautiful landscape and beautiful creation by humans. At the same time a lot of this beauty was being destroyed by them and pollution was making beautiful placesdisgusting. All of them were decaying with time. This is the subject that I am interested in and where I focus my painting
I plan is to continue to travel with my wife who is an excellent critique of my work, and very supportive. While traveling I will continue to capture scenes that have a story and when I will be back home, I will use my pictures and my studies to create new paintings in my studio. I will find a way not to pile up my painting in my basement but to sell them.
Then I spent 45 years in the high technology industry. During that time, I had little time for art. In the 70s as I was living in New York, I got interested in black and white photography and attended classes for one year with a Life magazine photographer. Later, living in Nice in the South of France, a friend of mine was a sculptor and a painter. He helped me to learn clay modeling and I still have a few sculptures that I fired them first in my fireplace and later in a kiln. When I retired seven years ago, I was eager to get back to arts and,not being sure that I could do it, I attended the local Community College for 18 months. I was then convinced that to enjoy painting I needed to learn to do it in a professional fashion. As I looked for the right University, I choose AAU. AAU was offering me a formal training in addition to a creative thesis.
As I traveled around the world, I see a lot of beautiful landscape and beautiful creation by humans. At the same time a lot of this beauty was being destroyed by them and pollution was making beautiful placesdisgusting. All of them were decaying with time. This is the subject that I am interested in and where I focus my painting
I plan is to continue to travel with my wife who is an excellent critique of my work, and very supportive. While traveling I will continue to capture scenes that have a story and when I will be back home, I will use my pictures and my studies to create new paintings in my studio. I will find a way not to pile up my painting in my basement but to sell them.
