MRS STEAMCLOUDY

Hello Dear Mrs Steamcloudy. Thank you for giving us the chance to Interview with you. Your journey as an artist began at a very young age. Can you recall a specic moment or experience from your childhood that solidified your passion for creation? 

Hello to you Marvelous art group! Thank you for this interview, I am delighted to answer you! 

Yes, quite young, like many children I started drawing at the age of one/ two years old , and I never let go of the pencil! 

Being hypermnesic, I remember everything, but to quote a few anecdotes, at the age of 4, I would spend hours drawing on my mother's lap when we were invited. I drew absolutely everywhere, but as discreetly as possible, because my excessive shyness thought at the time that showing my drawings was a breach of modesty. As I grew up, I understood that if I wanted to make it my career, it was better not to hide them too much! 

2. Being self-taught requires a great deal of discipline and curiosity. What methods or strategies did you use to hone your skills through observation? 

It is true that this requires a lot of involvement. As you said, observation has been one of my main tools, visual arts are called that in my opinion, because for the spectator but especially for the artist, it is about learning to look instead of just seeing. 

From a young age, I imagined myself painting my environment, I drew it and painted with my eyes, it allows you to renew your perception. Then, I found methods to self-correct, such as looking in a mirror for aws in proportion, blurring my vision to observe the values, the contrasts of my paintings. And above all, I practiced, I don't think there was a day in my life when I didn't think about art. I made it my obsession. I didn't have a family passionate about art, I just think that there are personalities for whom clinging desperately to a passion is a vitality. 

3. You have explored a variety of mediums, including painting and sculpture. How do you decide which medium to use for a particular project or idea? 

Painting remains my favorite medium, but I am always curious about all creative mediums, it always was, when I was child, I would pull my parents by the arm whenever there was a gallery on our way. Drawing, then painting were my main tools, but at 4 years old I was making music, and when I was taught writing at 6 years old, I started writing stories and poems. 

4. Linking different artistic mediums together is a unique approach. Can you share a project where you successfully reincarnated a subject in multiple forms, and what that process was like? 

The project that most embodies this functioning is my book of poetry "I don't want a single one of my crazy traits to stick out from me", it is published in French, but there are translations on some of my posts on my networks. When I paint, I like the idea that each person can be free with their own interpretation. I don't want to impose mine. I like to work in the same way by writing a very implicit poem too. And sometimes, I create a musical composition with the poem and its canvas, but it is often very imperfect because I give myself 2 days maximum each time to complete it. I see it as a continuity of the painting only and not as the work itself. I just say to myself “what sound would this painting make if it could?” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIWtRv2Yk1s

5. Transitioning your visual art into text and music is quite fascinating. How does your creative process differ when working with these different forms of expression? 

I would say that each medium is a tool that I use with the same operating patterns. For example, I very often think in metaphors, in poems, in music, these three are a single mode of expression for me, but with three different tools. And for all three, everything happens regularly, in my head before I sleep! 

6. Working in the entertainment industry on large format frescoes must have been an exciting experience. How did this experience inuence your artistic style or perspective?

Yes it was very interesting and I was young when I started in this field, I was 17 years old. Then 19 years old when I produced very large formats. I think it didn't necessarily influence my style but rather strengthened my autonomy, working alone on 30 square meters in a hangar at -4 degrees with the minimum equipment, this leaves room for improvisation! They were great experiences which allowed me to say to myself “you are able”, something which has never been my dominant thought! 

7. Looking back on your journey, what advice would you give to aspiring artists who are also self-taught and eager to explore various artistic fields? 

I think the only thing that is more difficult when self-taught is learning to trust yourself. I will only tell them that they have value, and to believe in the process. Let them also not be afraid of the blank page syndrome, when art is a vitality, it comes back like a boomerang. 

Thank you, my dear ones, for these fascinating questions, and sorry for my bad English.

Mrs SteamCloudy