Lavis
"Lavis" is an old french technique that I have learned in my early artistic years from the Hungarian Master Laszlo Schalk, a disciple of Matisse. I have always been fascinated by this unique way to approach art and express myself freely in black and white. "Lavis" comes from "lavage" or in English washed-ink.
As the ink starts spreading, I have to be quick in stopping the spreading of the ink to organize my composition.
‘It is very creative, no time to think, that's what I like. I have to follow the intuitive decisions coming from my soul therefore bringing sometimes amazing texture to enrich my work.’
“Dora”
inspired by Helmut Newton
Private Collection
Lavis Series
“Thought is the labor of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.”
— Victor Hugo