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........Official Jean Claude de Fougeres ' web site Homepage Interviews 1. What life of artist for you? Before all the life of artist is a " Myth " for general public. The literature and the cinematography make its fatty cabbages of them very regularly. But does of it if the life of artist attracts the public, that Ci frightens them because it is to them presented like a difficult life, and very often tragic. It is a life of " Creve the hunger! " who makes fear and who does not attract many candidates, of course. But makes some for me, the life of artist, I can ensure you that nowadays it is the life of that or that which syste matiquement refuses to live as a slave of the society. Subway, job, pillow, like known as the song!That is then a permanent challenge but the game is worth the candle. I believe in the artist conscious, worthy in his reason of being, creating with passion, not being misled in unhappy compromise as well in his creation as with the wheels of the society. It organizes its life in a pleasant place, surrounds of people and friends whom it loves. And within our modern society it The artist is obliged to create, to manage his creation, to sell its works to derive the necessary profit from it has its daily subsistence and over all has to develop its quality of life. The artist who lives of his art must indeed develop and maintain various qualitieThis is why I do not believe in the artist unhappy, misunderstood, starving, alcolic or drug addicted! That is a wreck moreo ver being excluded from the society. loves. And within our modern society it draws each year more profits of its work, because this is the reelle justification of its choice, when it desire to live of its art.My life of artist is appropriate to me perfectly well. I have currently lived in Florida for 9 months. I have had voyage has through the world for more than 25 years. 2. / Are you deeply inspired by one or several of the great painters who have you preceded? Or which? And why? And in October I would see has to turn over to Europe for can be one year for a small return to the sources. One will see! Internet has been A present for each artist for 3 years a development tool of quality of fabulous life. Ca enables me to be much freer than before while being 1000 times more exposes. And as known as the proverb berbere:"Which wants to succeed its life chooses to use the best principles where as the others always seek excuses! "     2. / does Etes reellement inspire to you by one or several of the great painters who have you precede? Or which? And why? Of course! Giotto was inspires by the artists having developpe the style byzantin and has revolutionne the religious art of its own key. The great painters of religious art were first A to inspire to me, such Giotto, Albertinelli, Mantegna, Raphael and Carravagio inter alia. I had the privilege to reellement receive an excellent training in history of art decouvrant each one of large the maitres. I like and I apprecie each one of them and in fact with the detour of each one of my creations it is not rare that I think have one or have the other when a similarity appears to me has the spirit. 3. / How can the influence you transcribe us of those which have inspires to you in the continuite of your work? In fact it is not precisely an influence which inspires to me in the continuite of my work. It is rather about a global vision of the history of art since the 1êm century within which I know pertinently or my creation is. I must more has my Muses which has emanating an influence predecessors. I have so much ete amene during years has to reproduce has the perfection for collectors of the large parts maitres which I have decouvert the " blow of leg " of each one. This activity was destinee has to ensure the " Cassecroute ". When I cree a new part, this meaning that I express my clean individualite moment, I realise De Fougeres... and that appears quite coherent to me.   4. / Considerez you that your life of artist can get great joys, a certain happiness, great satisfactions, great sorrows, or a difficult daily newspaper to you and hard A food. Known as us moreover it... My life of artist gets to me only only great joys, very intense pleasures, specific satisfactions but never of great sorrows or a difficult daily newspaper has to live. In fact my life of artist completely fills me with the daily newspaper. It is very simple A to explain you! I cree only what is in gestation during a certain time and that I pose on a fabric. I finasse until A the derniere touches in agreement with my more intimate emotional vibration. I smell perfectly well when the part is finie.Je would not touch there never again. In addition my life of artist enables me to meet many of other artists with whom the exchange is very enriching. Of course the friends choose themselves. And my criteria are simple. To meet truths artists animate of a vision of freedom of expression has through their art.         All copyrights Worldwide reserved. 2000/2006. © Jean Claude de Fougeres Art