- November 20, 2008
- Posted by Marc
Dan23: The A’s To Our Q’s
Age: 36
Hometown: Szczecin
Where do you now live?: Strasbourg
Where would you most like to live?: close to the sea, on a shore
Who was your first “hero” in life?: Melvin Van Peebles
What is your favorite thing to do on your day off from work?: listen music
What is your favorite color?: the whole rainbow
Who (or what) do you love?: the nature
Wooster: Who and/or what are some of your influences?
Mankind, anyone being able to do the worst and the best at the same time. A few passionated ones, being better, provode me insipration to paint and become someone good as well.
Wooster: What other artists do you most admire?
I could quote hundred, but I have Andy Goldsworthy in mind for his poetry, Moretti for his amazing drawings. C215 for doing so generous art, and for sure my idol James Brown.
Wooster: How would you describe your art to someone who could not see it?
I am mainly painting portraits of people who inspire me through their exemplar lives and actions I try to catch their humanity and energy. I show my works through different ways (gallery, streets, press) and I also use different techniques. I recently launched a blog www.cheval23.net so that i can present who is hidden behind the portraits I paint
Wooster: What other talent would most like to have?
Without any doubt to play music. Music is the ultimate art, that does not need any translation
Wooster: What do you fear the most?
That I could not hear anymore, this could deprive me of listening music
Wooster: What is your greatest ambition?
To believe in human beings