Discover the contemporary work of Jean Bernard François

I have been involved in this artistic activity since I was very young. As a teenager I drew with passion, certainly influenced by my father's artistic talent, and won over by this mode of expression. As an adult, I devoted myself to other activities, without abandoning my passion. Regularly, I picked up pencils and brushes again, but in my head, I lacked availability, and I felt a little aggrieved to have the feeling of not having all the leisure to express, and to put into color, these scenes that crossed my mind. For this, I had to be disengaged from my professional activity, which I exercised, as a territorial executive, for four decades, in the field of education and childhood. And it has been done for 7 years now, I draw almost every day. I have not followed any artistic training, and feel totally free, to express in my own way, what my imagination offers me or scenes of daily life. I use posca markers for drawing and alcohol ink, watercolor felt-tip pens or markers for painting. When I am in front of a blank sheet of paper, I generally have no idea what I am going to produce. I let myself be surprised by the form that a simple line drawn by my hand can take, and curiosity prevails. I let myself be guided, along the lines that I draw, by the story that I begin to construct, and that everyone can compose and interpret in their own way. I exhibited In 2018 At the Jean-Pierre Fabrègue Cultural Center in Saint-Yrieix (87) In 2019 At the Tourist Office in Branne (33) In 2020/2021 at the Museum of Franche Creation in BEGLES (33) In 2023 at the La Lucarne des Ecrivains bookstore in Paris (75019) In 2023 at the Les Tournesols association in Mérignac (33) In 2023 at the Les Amis du Sahel association in Bordeaux (33) In 2024 at the Parc brasserie in Gradignan (33) My drawings were selected for an auction at the Drouot auction house in 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 and 2024 I realized thanks to Internet and social networks sales in Europe, Spain, Italy, France, as well as in the United States in New Jersey. I was born on August 21, 1954 in Bordeaux and reside in St Léon in Gironde.

Painting and drawing are for me a means of expression and a tool to share with as many people as possible, my often unconscious perception of my environment, of my life. Intimate exhibitions are therefore privileged moments of meetings and exchanges..