I'm a French emerging artist and have recently moved to Fremantle, WA. My lifelong interest in art started as child. I have been influenced by Gustav Klimt, and also by urban art and the prints and posters of the Sixties. My focus on depicting the built environment comes from my personal interest in how the social identity is influenced by the environment. In France, I worked in watercolour and acrylic. Here in Australia, my focus has turned to printmaking. In particular I find the graphic qualities of the linocut and collagraph process ideal for my current work.

Biography
1980 Born France
2008 Arrived Australia


Exhibitions
2008 Solo exhibition, "Edition Limitee", The Sandcastle, South Fremantle, WA
2008 Print sales, Remedy Shop, Fremantle, WA
2008 Print (Ed) , Print Media Exhibition, Midland, WA
2008 Printmedia Award, Moores Building, Fremantle WA
2008 Student exhibition, Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle WA
2008 Canning Art Award, Cannington WA
2006 Group exhibition, Le Royal, Nancy, France


Galleries
Gallery 360, Subiaco, WA
Jahroc Gallery, Margaret River WA


Professional Development
2008 Linoprint and collagraph workshop, Fremantle Art Centre WA
2008 Screenprinting workshop, Fremantle Art Centre WA
2008 Etching workshop, Fremantle Art Centre WA
2006 Watercolour course, MJC, Nancy, France


Professional Memberships
Member of the Printmakers Association of WA (PAWA)


Linocut

Popularized by Matisse and Picasso in the 20th Century, the Linocut is a printmaking technique in which a thin block of linoleum is used for the relief surface.

Making a print begins first with the idea. Then I do spontaneous but detailed drawings in my sketchbook. These drawings are often inspired by pictures I have taken during my travels in Europe and  Western Australia.
Next, comes the process where the drawing is traced onto a linoblock, and then the process of cutting begins. I use different tools (gouges and sharp knives) to cut away the block. A lot of concentration is needed, as I have to imagine the contrast I'm creating and decide wich areas have to be cut.
The linoblock is then inked up with a roller. Only the higher areas of linoleum are inked and printed, not those that have been cut away.
A piece of paper (watercolour paper or japanese rice paper) is placed on the linoblock. To obtain the print, I use an etching press on which I place the block with the paper.  For every successive print, the linoleum must be re-inked, and the process must be done again.

Like the linocut, with its areas of light and dark contrast, the artist must possess contrasting character traits: discipline and spontaneity, concentration and letting go. 


Collagraph

Collagraphy (or "collography") is a printmaking process in which materials are usually applied to a rigid substrate such as cardboard.
Collography is a very open printmaking process. Substances such as carborundum, acrylic texture mediums, sandpapers, string, cut card, leaves and grasses can all be used in creating the collograph plate.
In my prints, the cardboard is intaglio inked, in the same manner as for etching: the image I have drawn on the cardboard is then cut into it. To print the intaglio plate, ink is applied to the surface and then rubbed with old public phone book pages to remove most of the excess. Then, a damp piece of paper is placed on top and the plate and paper are run through the printing press that, through pressure, transfers the ink from the recesses of the plate to the paper.