Mistral Azur

Combining photography and mixed media, I recreate the sense of wonder I felt as a child in the South of France. I sculpt light into vibrant landscapes, evoking a feeling of joy where the medium transforms everyday life into a sun-drenched vision.

In the project Mistral Azur, I explore light, color, and form to recreate the mental landscapes of my childhood in Southern France, a sun-scorched land of vivid intensity. This work draws on the universal sense of wonder rooted in childhood, an intuitive way of perceiving the world.

My practice exists at the intersection of photography and painting. I construct temporary assemblages, arranging plants, fabrics, and everyday objects to be transformed by sunlight and reflection. Within these compositions, human figures appear as protagonists treated with the same sculptural approach as the objects, their presence shaped and chiseled by the light. The camera documents these arrangements as shadows become solid forms and reflections dissolve surfaces, pushing color toward abstraction. I then intervene directly on the surface with paint, collage, or digital layering.

By playing with texture and porosity, I seek to capture a specific vibration; that of light, memory, and the emotions that permeate ordinary materials. Rather than a romanticized representation of the Mediterranean, these works are anatomies of memory. I map the sensory architecture of the mind, investigating how a landscape ceases to be a geographical place to become a profound interior condition.