Jean-Christophe Leveque

Painting is a vital need; I use painting as a means of expression with its own limits but also with everything it offers. I paint my vision of the world, what I perceive, what I feel, detached from any figurative subject, but very inspired by what surrounds me. Each painting is a unique experience, a forgetting of oneself, the act of painting is a meditation. Color is the basis of my work. I develop series based on different themes. The painting is built from session to session, and I do not know in advance what it will become. The format is a determining element in its construction; I often work on monumental formats. My painting is very gestural. I gradually immerse myself in the painting; I traverse it from the inside, combining various plastic elements to create my own language (relationship of colors, material, light). I seek unity in the overall composition, combining color relationships, shape relationships, and the dynamics of lines. The viewer wanders through the painting, traversing it with their gaze according to variations and their own sensitivity; each viewer has their own reading of the painting carried by their imagination.

President of the Salon d’Automne Paris since May 2024 Member of the board of the Taylor Foundation