Discover the contemporary work of Véronique CHENU
I am a painter. Graphic designer too. Born in La Roche-sur-Yon, I felt very early the need to draw the world around me. A way to tame my fears, to share my feelings, to construct stories. Because to create is to live more intensely. An artistic baccalaureate, graphic arts studies, a brief stint in fine arts and in a few local workshops, will sow a quantity of skills. uncertainties conducive to my creation.
A zebra, some say. Because like him I like to blend into the landscape. À out of sight. Sharpening mine further. Observing the world around me, well hidden under my stripes.
Look carefully at a face, a body, nature... See beyond; of the visible. See what is and what is not. Presence or absence. Presence and absence.
Feel physically, emotionally, the object, the landscape, bad weather, the clouds and the heat of the sun. Capture the whisper and the imperceptible detail. Translate this avalanche of unsaid things into shapes and pigments. Listen to the colors. Transcribe the lines and patterns. At the best. In one go if possible. Because this trait will be stronger than a multitude of traits. Because it will come directly from my guts and heart and it will go straight to the point, because it will carry its message head on.
Decipher and interpret without verbalizing our universe. And because to create is also to contribute to my humble level, at; the perception of obsolete standards, of codes coming from an archaic and profoundly unjust world, assigning people to resides the feminine gender, as well as a large part of humanity, those who have not made the choice of money, those who are not annuitants. Explore and denounce a planet sold to men of power, if not taken from the little people, who under the guise of marketing manipulate the vocabulary in order to justify their exactions. Questioning through my work, while signifying the anger, injustice, absurdity of my work. of this world...
Express on paper and on canvas, through contours, structures, spaces, gesture and color, the abundance of intuitive thinking of zebras. Give to see to encourage the world to to change. Hoping that this awareness leads to gentle ecological and social revolutions. Highlight to move forward. Get rid of your thirst, regain your freedom...
In summary, associate creation with creativity. the inextricable progression, the profusion of thought in the tree structure of the right brain. Like any good self-respecting zebra.
A bit of a camel too, for endurance. I carry as many loads on my back as possible, to better free up a creative space of time where I can work. painting reigns supreme. And then hamster, I can turn around full speed in my wheel indefinitely, at full speed the search for the soul of a painting. À the search for my soul... To better connect with myself; this land, to reconnect with the world.
