Thank you Maison Chic !

 Here are pictures of a nice article in the last issue of a charming french decoration Magazine named
 " Maison Chic" ( no translation needed I am sure).
I do not know the whole story but somehow they got in contact with an Interior Designer I have been working for these last years . Her name is Martine Di Matteo and as she worked in the US for quite some time she now has a very good american clientele in Paris.
Her style is usually a mix of a typically french XVIIIth century revival  and more modern elements with brightly colored curtains, cushions ...etc. Charming, elegant , classical but never boring , I like what she does and this appartment in Paris is a good sample of her work.
It is located in the famous Place des Vosges , a marvellous example of our XVIIth century architecture.

The house is located right at the back of one of the buildings at a corner of the square , perfectly calm and in the very heart of Paris.

Here is the cover of the magazine with a couple of shots of the appartment.

Here are now some views of the living room and kitchen where two of my paintings are ...

...and now let us focus on the paintings.

First an ornament inspired from an XVIIIth century design for a ceiling.

I called it "Audran", the name of the famous french ornemanist whose design inspired me.

And now some views of the other two artworks.

This one is a painting I created two years ago for a show called "New Trends" that took place in Bergamo during the International Salon of Decorative Painters.

It is in fact the first of a whole series of paintings I called 'Neo Style".

A mix of simplified classical ornaments and realistic"views" or details of " Marie-Antoinette" by S.Coppola.

The ornament is painted with casein and the views in oils directly over my very absorbant lime based background.

The last painting is inspired by Giandomenico Tiepolo ...another elegant young aristocrat of the end of the "Siecle des Lumieres"... ( casein on canvas)

Thank you Elle Deco.

Elle Deco's head redactor stopped on my booth at Maison et Objet in September last year. She told me she was astonished their magazine never wrote anything on my work (flattering!!)...the thing is that french decoration magazines journalists are not so easy to contact and I am happy I was on her way.
They mention my book in their April issue. The "article" is short but so positive that do not even dare translate(!).

Thank you AD.

I have sent several copies of my book, Demeures peintes, to different french magazines in January . The people of Architectural Digest have been the first to show their interest.
Their photographer has come to my booth at Maison et Objet and made a series of pictures, As the theme of their article ( three other artists featture in it) was "Interior Landscapes" they wanted to have me sit in front of one of the two landscapes I was exhibiting.
I was smiling, the gemtle photographer told me not to smile. Then I understood that he probably wanted me to look like a real artist. I tried my best. I am not sure I made it though...Anyway, I think that my ego was liking it a little.

So, here it is, my first time in a top shelf decoration magazine.