From childhood, coloured pencils and painting filled me up with happiness.  My training in Fine Arts led me to study great masters such as Rembrandt, Fantin-Latour, John Singer Sargent, William Bouguereau and Jean-Baptiste Siméon Chardin.  This was the beginning of a beautiful adventure that led me to the discovery of a fascinating world. Creation of my work is always inspired by an object which fascinates me or that moves me.  I construct my subject around this object and I work out several drafts until composition moves me.  My subject, as well as the emotion which I want to create for the observer determines the type of medium that I use (oil, dry pastel or charcoal).  Nowadays, I enjoy working with both oil and dry pastel.  I discovered pastel during my training at Mission: Renaissance. Its dusty texture and its velvety effect enticed me, as well as the absence of time of drying. As for oil, it allows texture effects impossible to acquire with  dry pastel. My sources of inspiration are varied, but my objective always remains the same: emphasize the beauty of the objects around me. I create from objects of the daily, from photographs which I took in the course of time, or else, according to specific requests which are subjected to me. My approach to painting consists in working out some drafts, then choosing a colour palette which will emphasize my subject.  Later, if my choice stops on  pastel, I choose the type of paper that I am going to use, as well as its colour according to the effect which I want to produce. When it comes to orders, preparative drafts are introduced to the customers and once they  have chosen the preferred draft, I undertake the execution of painting.  Once it is complete, the customer is met and adjustments are brought, if needed. I explore all subjects, but nowadays it is the still life as well as the portrait which inspire me most.    They demand a workmanship of the drawings that constitutes a challenge every instant, which stimulates me tremendously.