I have always wanted to become a painter, and I eagerly seized every opportunity to meet artists in their studios. Among those I met, one left a particularly strong impression on me during a life-drawing workshop in Wiltshire, England. His advice was simple: draw less, look more.

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I therefore decided to study morphological drawing and attended life-drawing classes at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris, before leaving France to pursue a BA in Fine Arts at the University of Edinburgh.

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After graduating in 2023, I chose to spend a year in Rome to refine an academic oil-painting technique, working on the nude and the portrait in the spirit of Caravaggio, Ingres, and Titian. I developed my line work, sharpened my eye under the vibrant colours of Italian Renaissance art, and explored museums and galleries throughout Italy.

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Today, in my Parisian studio, I undertake all kinds of commissions and continue to create and explore new forms of art, in the service of Beauty, Technique, and Tradition.

 

The postmodern world seems so bleak, stripped of grandeur and beauty, that I find myself drawn to Chesterton’s remark: he wished to offer others myths and heroes capable of lifting them towards the Good and the Beautiful. In that spirit, I draw my inspiration from certain ancient tales — those of the Greeks and the Romans, as well as from Christian imagery, whether Western or Eastern.

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