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What is your favourite film of all time?

Dangerous liaisons. 1988.

What music are you currently listening to and why?

Nothing in particular.

Which living artists do you most admire and why?

I'm not aware of anyone particular influence although the work of the artists I have been interested in can have an accumulative effect. I have been impressed by Zao Wu Ki, Basil Beattie, Julian Schnabel, mainly for the gestural way, the vivacity and the immediacy of handling paint which gives a real power to the work.

Which deceased artist do you most admire and why?

For the same reasons, I admire the work of the abstract expressionnists such as Jackson Pollock, Franz Kline, Clifford Still, Hans Hoffman,Mark Rothko.

Which exhibition that you have visited made the greatest impact on you and why?

Mark Rothko exhibition 1998 in Paris. I've been seduced and immediately emotionnally involved into the picture plane with his colours,The soft, luminous colours of the symmetriaclly ordered rectangles and the expansive scale of his dramatic canvas brings out a serene subtlety, engulfing the viewer with a sense of passion, tragedy and the sublime.

What is the question you get asked most frequently about your work and how do you answer it?

How do you get your ideas? What is your inspiration? Everything around me is a source of inspiration.

What / who inspired you to be an artist?

The observation of the world that surrounds me, thoughts, reflections, analysis, concentration and imagination all nurture my inspiration.

Can you tell us about where you make your art and what if any the significance of this location is?

I have the chance to work either in my studio in France in a very peaceful environmemt or at home in my studio in London. I attempt to work every day of the week because I feel the necessity to paint in order to feel complete, and for that reason I have the essential philosophy of living and working in the same site.

What do you like most about being an artist?

The freedom to explore new ideas and the intense activity that reigns in my study, always losing the notion of time until my body and mind demand a rest.

What is your greatest achievement as an artist to date?

I'm pleased about all what have done so far : exhibitions in France, London, New York, commissioned painting for interior designer.However I believe the best is yet to come.

What are your plans for the coming year?

To create new work, and do exhibitions.