Growing up in Paris in the 60’s, Alain began drawing at the French Academy, ‘La Grande Chaumière’ and in the studios of artist friends in Montparnasse. He, then after, practised automatic drawing exploring territories of the unconscious.
During his early teens he was profoundly impressed by the work of the Russian painter Alexandre Iacovleff, a family friend. His etchings and paintings of Chinese scenes on The Yellow Cruise, a long voyage to the Far East organised by Citroën in the early 30’s, sparked Alain’s interest in Chinese arts and culture. In 87 he graduated with an MA in Mandarin Chinese at the University of Paris 7 after which he lived fifteen years in Asia where he learned calligraphy and practised Taiji.
He also worked at that time in textiles passionated of techniques such as Ikat, Batik and Shibori which he admired and studied in his journeys in south East Asia and Japan. In 2002, wishing to explore new cultures, he established himself in South America where he could continue painting and working in textiles. He was captivated by the energy of the Andes and the surrounding colours and light, also used in textiles.
He started painting abstract art in 2004, revealing sceneries and landscapes with multi-layered backgrounds of oil paint whether in fine or thick coatings and using sometimes agglomerate of paints and sand.
