Christohe Moraux is born in Rodez, France, but lived all his
Childhood in the West Indies, before to spend part of his youth
in South France. Parisian for more than 15 years, he dedicates himself
to painting
.
The artist graduated from the National Shool of Fine Arts and
was the best pupil of his colour professor Jean Barde. The works of
the artist were shown several times in galleries or at exhibitions
in Paris, London, New York or the Caribbeans. His technique is
very peculiar since he paints with his hands, lays his linen
canvas flat on the ground and turns around until the final gesture:
he adds his signature preceded by the year. He hates tools, prefers
to have a direct, almost carnal relationship with the canvas. It's a
hand to hand fight that is taking place between the artist and the canvas
to lead almost to perfection.
His works that he is the most proud of will only have
taken him a few hours of very intense work. He gets out of that exhausted,
all sweating and splashed with painting. The artist sets his instinct
free, dives into his subconscious or takes his inspiration from his
trips around the world: Florida, Russia, Israel, Italy, Greece.
But the majority of his pictures carry us i
n
the Tropics with their incredible bunch of hibiscus, their parrots and
butterflies, their cockfigthings.
For several years, Christophe Moreaux is taking is bearings more clearly
towards representational art and using a new material: gold leaf, but
stays faithful to acrylic, which has the advantage of drying quickly.
He mixes the colour with his fingers right on the canvas. His
technique may seem crude, but the result is always subtle and original.
His creations are different from those of all other artists.
Chirstophe Moraux invented himself a very personnal and unclassifiable
style.
