Born in Luzy,France in 1946,the Artist graduated in mechanical engineering from the University of Lyon in 1967, worked in the Far-East as an oil prospector,and travelled through the Americas in a VW camper as a photographer, before moving to the US in 1974. His early shows were of photography, and after years as an interior and furniture designer, he started painting in 1981. Entirely self-taught, he was by 1984 a full time painter of very realistic still-lives inspired by 16th century masters. The last and most elaborate of those was a 6ftx10ft triptych : the Baptism of Clovis, that took 6 months to complete .

Drawing fresh inspiration from his collection of Guatemalan religious sculpture and the study of 2000 year old Greek and Egyptian art, he started sculpting in 1998 . There are now three different sculptural projects in progress , one called “Dummies with Souls”, one “Beeswax Studies”, and the last “Ancient Fragments.”

After a successful summer show at Le Mieux Galleries in New-Orleans and a fall show at Monty-Stabler Galleries in Birmingham,Alabama , the Artist is now preparing a summer 2003 show at Le Mieux Galleries in New-Orleans.

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