Pierre Legrand

In teaching art for 35 years, I've always advocated observation before interpretation.

Understand the elements of nature, observe them and then transcend them. Listening, seeing and feeling are the foundations of the artistic journey. Translating light and shadow, the depth of space. The line is a priority for defining volumes and expressing shapes.

Solitude is my resource. My eye becomes a photograph, my mind a memory, and escape translates present atmospheres.

Nature reveals itself in all its luminosity, vibrancy, contrasts and sometimes torment. My gaze leads me to the heart of landscapes, in love with a land of a thousand reflections.

That's when drawing becomes the language of the heart and the mind.

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