When I grabbed and used my very first paintbrush and let myself entering a world I knew nothing about, I was convinced, deep down in me, that there was (and there still is) a message that I needed people to hear. That there were stories and struggles I wanted to share with other humans. While I’ve always been enamored by the act of creation and the minds responsible for the art we are able to enjoy in this world, I’ve been also really reluctant to let my art be seen by strangers. But there came a time when the need to let some stories derive from my internal introspection and my search for the creative self, was becoming too loud to be silenced. Peintre.parfois was born. 

Painting with acrylic and oil pastel is my chief mode of creation. I have an especially close relationship with abstract paintings though from time to time, I also lost myself in portraiture building works of art rooted in contemporary figures of Blackness. These little aspects of my practice, switching from abstract to portraiture, highlights my deep desire not to be confined to a particular artistic box, but rather to keep creating even beyond the limits and methods that already exist. 

At first, my work may seem like a collection of contradictions ; the quietness of the finished work sharply contrasted by the vibrant shapes of the colorful layer I use to put a piece together. However, I invite my collector and the viewer of my work to glimpse a coherent construction of artworks embedded in the same wild vibe that inhabits my soul when it start creating.  My paintings are too often born in the middle of the night, when the world becomes quiet, the birds have stopped singing and the sun went down to reveal the stars. My terrible sleeping habits have made it possible to create some of the most honest form of conversations I have with myself, through art pieces. 

My mission is to explore the complexes experiences and realities lived by the human being in a way to uplift, include and inspire progress and social change.