EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH V.

Hello Dear V. Thank you for giving us the chance to Interview with you. Our first question is how the “Quarantine” affects your art?

Thanks to you Marvelous Art Gallery ! I can’t tell you I’m personally affected by the quarantine because I used to work at home with my cats. I can’t note real changes. However, all the events are canceled, so people can’t see my Artworks if they don’t follow me on instagram or on my website. As all the artist, artisan and little brand, we have to communicate more and more to be seen.  Life is not as it must be, but we have to deal with it and keep creating while waiting for better days to come.

Can you tell us a little bit about yourself and what drove you to choose art as a career?

I was born in Nancy, in France, I moved to Paris ten years ago. I worked in fashion industry before, I was fashion designer in Haute Couture and ready-to-wear, then artistic director. Six years of intensive work in fashion industry, it’s a good recipe for burnout. After that, I needed to do something positive for myself. I decided to make eye portraits of people I met who lend an helping hand during my lifetime. I was already fascinated by the eyes when I was a child, so it was a good compromise. I started by family eyes and friends, then, older teachers, then unknown people met in the street. I created instagram profil and past stickers in Paris street. Then,  people ask me for stickers and I sent them in worldwide and they sent me picture of my stickers where they were, my art traveled a lot and some people asked for their eyes.

We want to talk about the “Eyes” you choose for your main theme. We agree that “Eyes are windows to the soul” quote and we want to hear your opinion on this subject too.  Can you tell us more about your influences and your inspirations about the “Eyes” ?

I found eye drawings made in 1998. All my family members told me  I had inherited eyes of my grandmother, they used the word «stole » as I stole her eyes. It’s a strange turn of phrase. Anyway, I started to draw eyes and take pictures of my eyes, of my friends. I was obsessed with eyes, each eye I painted were different with his particularities, his colors. Eyes are means of expression, when you look someone directly into the eyes, it’s a special feeling, each time different. I’m particularly interested in the iridology, it’s an ancient science to evaluate the health of people through their eyes. It’s an interesting demonstration of this quote, iris is transparent, it’s literally a window of soul.  I’m lucky to make this job, I’m eye portraitist, I meet all the time new wonders of nature. I spread a little bit of my soul when I paint eyes of others.

You mainly work with oil paints. Can you share a little bit about your creative process?

In fact, I used to work with acrylic but everybody think that’s oil paint because I put a lot of successive layers and I dilute a lot paint to have transparence, light and shades. My process is simple. Frist I draw eye on my canvas with picture of this one in front of me and then I start painting, I try to find first layer of each color, I structure with light and shades and I detail progressively.The most important is not the technical it’s what I feel when I paint.

Can you give us a spoiler on what’s coming next for V.?

I’m working on my first solo show project, it’s a lot of work to plan it, specially in this conditions but I can tell you the item : «  Tree of Life ».

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