Discover the contemporary work of HDC

Ex nihilo : My job as doctor has rarely given me the chance to just let my creativity flow. Nevertheless, in aesthetic medicine, when I re-model a face, the technical gesture resembles that of a sculptor except that I’m working on a «living being». In 2011, after open heart surgery, I needed a long convalescence during which time I had the pleasure of cooking lovingly my DEEP SAUCE. My raw materials: either one of my photographs, or one of my collages. I chose them either for their graphic design, or for the message or ideas that they conveyed. Then I began my " D E E P S A U C E ". DEEP like Dissection Elongation Elaboration Painting. The first step (Dissection) is an allusion to my profession. I dissect a photo, the I lenghten certain intersting forms. After that I put together the final framework before passing to the next step of adding the colours. Why do I use a digital back up? Professionally, I have the opportunity of working on a noble material: the skin. I wanted to try out working on something immaterial, whithout using paint or other materials. As I always loved photography, the photo retouch just flowed naturally. I often exagerate this technique so that the outlines of a painting (a painted image) take on another aspect. Nevertheless, the pixelization of the images, purposely exagerated, easily allows one to distinguish the painting from the digital image. This results in a highly contrasted work. If you really need to put them into an artistic movement you could trace a path between narrative figuration, nouveau realism and conceptual art. As it happens, it seems interesting to me not to remain trapped in certitudes or certain frameworks but on the contrary to doubt constantly, to emigrate constantly towards the unknown, to express what we are deep inside: fragile beings who with passion dream, hope, dispair, cry, fantasize, rave and admire. A melting pot, complex but rich is what I try to convey in my work. DEEP SAUCE can express the dream-like fantasies of a child just as well as a crepuscular polar atmosphere, amongst other explosions of varied sentiments. Let the initial atmosphere of my setting flow through, then let your creative thought take over so that you can imagine what you truly want to see and feel. LIMITED EDITION OF JUST 6. Every work is hand numbered and signed. Medium : ALU-DIBOND’s plate (thickness: 3 mm) It is a plastic material plate sandwiched between two aluminium’s plates. Plastic brings lightness, aluminium brings rigidity. It is an uncluttered medium. Framing is unnecessary. The printing right up on Alu Dibond is technically possible, but the color matching is not perfect. That’s s why the pics are printed at first, and then stuck on the Alu Dibond’s plate. Printing type: photo-artistic (FineArt) on top of the range photo paper. The ink durability borders on 200 years. The photo surface is protected with a rolled plate. FIXING SYSTEM : aluminium frame fixed behind the aluminium plate. This frame is much smaller than the plate, hence it seems to float.