♥ Do you remember your first aesthetic shock?
In my parents’ living room hung a lithograph of Paul Klee’s Senecio portrait which fascinated and questioned me greatly. With my child’s eyes, I found him alternately angry, astonished, silent, frozen, moving. And I realised that a painting can contain multiple messages, depending on who is looking at it and what mood they are in.

♥ The artist you would like to meet? What would you say to him?
Edward Hopper, I would ask him what he is thinking about.

What is your favourite colour? What does it inspire you to do?
At the moment, it’s orange-red. It seems to me to convey passion and wisdom at the same time. My favourite colour changes with time, age and my moods.

♥ Which museum gives you the greatest emotion? Why?
Without hesitation, La Collection de l’Art Brut in Lausanne, Switzerland, made up largely of non-standard artists, not trained or aware of Art. The visitor enters the world of the artist who shows his own questions, fears, joys, pathologies through creation. An almost impudent journey that disturbs the viewer and reflects back to him his own perception. To be visited once in a lifetime.

♥ Which work of art would you buy without hesitation if you had an unlimited budget?
A work by Pierre Soulages. The material, the light that depends on where the creation is placed, the apparent simplicity, the class. Everything about Soulages speaks to me.

♥ In which city do you feel happiest? Why do you think so? Share your 3 favourite addresses.
Melbourne – Australia. I’ve been lucky enough to live in several countries and Melbourne will always remain in my memory for its gentle way of life, its philosophy, the proximity of the sea and its warm inhabitants.

I left Australia in 2008, I doubt my good addresses are still there!

♥ Which book keeps you up all night?
All books by Christian Oster!

♥ What are your greatest sources of inspiration?
Jean-Claude Götting, whom I was lucky enough to meet at a book signing. I also treated myself to one of his works from the Visages series exhibited in 2018 at the Huberty Breyne gallery in Paris.

♥ What’s the funkiest thing you’ve done in your life?
Without really knowing it, I treated myself to a cuckoo flight in Australia to fly over the coast and the sea. What I didn’t realise until I got on board was that the pilot was doing aerobatics. The most surprising thing is that I was not afraid. I learned a lot about myself that day.

♥ What is your definition of happiness?
There, here, now by knowing how to let go of the past and the future. More concretely, my friends, my family, a good beer, My white shepherd dog, something nice to eat, a setting sun and a comfortable chair.