Discover the contemporary work of Morlais Stephane

1 year of graphic art school in Grenoble, 1 year at the Ecole Nationale des Beaux Arts in Paris, odd jobs in Paris from the age of 18, personal work in painting and sculpture in my small studio in the 18th arrondissement, then employed at Jansen Décoration rue royale in Paris as a as a restorer of art objects for 8 years, then I actively participated in large decorative painting projects (hotels, private homes, restaurants), team work for monumental decorations for the Paris city hall, for the C. Feff workshop, for the Dauphin display (painted walls, trompe l'oeil painted tarpaulins on scaffolding)   small-format sculpture work (prototypes) for the Christofle company, the Paris Mint, the CBS firm.                                                                                                                            

In parallel with these professional activities I continued my artistic adventure, I responded to orders for paintings, portraits of children, portraits of houses. I exhibited regularly my works (autumn show, independents, water painting), since 2008 I have joined the Maxi-realistic group created by Dan Jacobson within the Comparaisons show.

I first sculpted around the age of 13, alone in the courtyard of my parents' restaurant, armed with a hammer and a screwdriver I discovered with emotion my vocation, then I started to paint after buying a book on Seurat Imaginary works, all in pointillism, after a short period of abstraction I returned to figuration.                                                                          

My work oscillates between encounters with real or imaginary landscapes, animals, trees that I love for their silent presence, from this silence come thoughts that I illustrate in my works.