Discover the contemporary work of Estelle BARBET

MDA registration number: GA44101 SIRET identifier: 805 346 798 00020 Estelle BARBET chose to devote herself fully to painting in 2013, eager to fulfill herself and invest herself full-time in this activity: since her first exhibition at the Salon des Arts de Lansargues in 2014, where she won the public prize the following year, then was guest of honor in 2016, she has participated in numerous fairs and exhibitions in France (SIAC de Marseille, art3f Montpellier, art3f Lyon, Artoulous\'expo, etc.). Her paintings have been exhibited since 2015 in galleries in France (Marseille, Mèze, Grenoble, Lyon, Paris) and abroad (Moscow, Seoul, New York, Istanbul, Suzhou) with Carré d’Artistes... Painting is for her a way of blossoming and expressing herself. She hopes through her painting to touch those who will be led to contemplate her works, to arouse emotions, feelings, memories, desires or ideas in the viewer...

“My first sources of inspiration were horses, done in oil and brush, fascinated by this noble animal whose elegant appearance and presence command respect and admiration. I began a series of figurative portraits, attentive to detail and the attitude to be rendered, between balance and realism... to naturally switch to a more personal and colorful representation, acrylic painting.

I also like to express myself through portraits of Buddhas, attracted by the serenity and fullness that this subject exudes, which I enjoy studying and representing.
I also approached the theme of dance during a partnership for music auditions.

I then started to explore theabstract withacrylic, whose artistic approach particularly attracts me, fascinated by the infinite perspectives to be expressed through this subject: painting instinctively, with diverse and varied tools, provides a sensational freedom of expression...

I like to shape thematerial, to give birth to forms, harmonize colors, explore possibilities.
My creations are improvised, my gestures spontaneous. When I paint, the canvas evolves under my fingers according to what I feel, according to my intuition. My emotions are represented by energy, movement, under the impulse of the moment, letting the instruments go as they please. of my desires, my impulses.
I use various instruments, ranging from fingers to brushes, including knives, playing with a spatula, handling a cloth here, pressing a squeegee there, projecting or caressing the paint with force or gentleness for a varied result. In search of an inner climate, I seek to translate my universe, that of dreams, of the imaginary, of the unknown... Creating is a never-ending journey, between shadow and light, which allows you to move forward. It is a form of freedom.

Over the course of the paintings, through practice, my style has naturally asserted itself... Between abstract and gestural expressionism, my painting is close to lyrical abstraction, I express my emotions through my painting. My gestures are both random and controlled, a letting go accompanied by a coherent approach in the construction of my compositions, approaching informal artby spontaneity, the expressive use of matter, without knowing in advance what forms I am going to represent or what colors I am going to use... I have no preconceived idea, the subject is born under my fingers, as it goes along... I become one with the canvas, a sort of dialogue is established with it, a symbiosis that allows the accomplishment and realization of my deep self, the expression of my personal identity, which gives life to the work.

Fulfilling myself through painting has a liberating side for me.By nature, I express myself through through the creative impulse that drives me, letting my impulses emerge, the energy of my emotions, represented in my compositions by a central core that is often the starting point for my creations.