Michel DE RUYCK

Martine Ravignon born in 1947 passed her childhood in Egypt. She draws, paints and exhibits since a long time, with more or less happiness, in the shadow of masters such as Le Greco, Botticelli, Le Caravage, Picasso, Giacometti, Modigliani or Nicolas de Stael.

It is the multiple facets of the human being, her works through the big and small history that inspire her. She tries to translate by various techniques (from the most tender to the most violent ones) what touches, moves, disturbs and questions humanity and consequently herself.

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"At the beginning I was painting as I had been taught. The style was very classic and academic. Many people liked this style, it was not disturbing and the recipe was simple: a beautiful picture to be reshaped, observation, focus, and loads of energy I had inherited from the society I lived in and that didn't fit me. I was painting in a colored grey as was the world suggested to me (grey).

But one day things seemed to speed up and I understood that I had to strengthen my art of colors or greyness would get me. I no longer wanted to paint as I had been taught. Then, I looked for a graphic identity based on color and on my cultural heritage (Belgian comics, marvel comics, screaming metal, rock-n-roll, 80s punk and ska, but also paintings from the first half of the nineteenth century).

I have retained the working process from earlier training; I wouldn't start a canvas before being perfectly satisfied with the sketches. Maybe I am a frustrated musician who needs to work his piece over and over before recording it. Then I am a rock-n-roll painter, laying down my colors through a melodic, honest, simple but always vivid composition, incessantly pursuing one goal: make your eyes dance on a frenzied ballad or a crazy boogie.

Mireille NEVE

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Since my childhood, I am attracted by the harmony of the colors. I never had enougth time, between my two daughters and my work.

It was necessary for me to wait for the moment of retirement to devote to this passion: "painting". Since my beginnings, my five little children are my critics. They are always present at the time of my exhibitions.

Can my works make you travel on the NET and fit you dreams.

Ute HADAM

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Ute Hadam was born in 1958 in Stuttgart, Germany, from a family originating from the Sudets. She has painted since childhood, although her parents initially wanted her to pursue a bank career.

In 1984 she was admitted to the Beaux-Arts School in Paris. Her objective became clear and Ute decided to move to Paris to complete her Fine Art Degree: She graduated in 1988.

Since then she has been a professional painter and started working in Paris, then Nancy and Orleans. In 1994 she moved back to the Paris area.

Ute Hadam currently works in her atelier in Saint Germain en Laye. She is the recipient of several awards and the provider of public collections. Her works can be seen in numerous exhibits in France and abroad.