Abrazo Painting

I am what I call a "Journartist" (Both a Journalist and an artist). My whole personal quest is around "expression". I started to learn Sign language at a very young age, even though nobody was deaf in my family. I was very interested by the silent world and the invisible one. So I became an interpret, but very soon, realised that I was muting myself that way. So I switched for radio journalism and tv directing, doing news reports, documentaries about soldiers, invisible wounds, ancient priests, midwives... Then I reached a place where words would not come out. I didn't know what I wanted to say, but I had to say it on another level. On another path. This is where painting came into my life. As a huge storm. I cannot say that "this is my hand" which is painting my canvas.Those faces come as naturally on my painting. Working a lot around war and peace, of course, my work is connected to what is happening those days in France. In January 2015, I chose to spend the night after Charlie Hebdo's attack in my atelier to paint. To me, as a former journalist, it was a huge U-turn in my life. "Use your broken heart and make it into Art", as they say. In November 2015, I met the terrorists of the Bataclan the day before the attack in the metro. This is the moment when my art took another dimension. I used to do some of my "Sweet Art" for years now in the streets (spositive, street healing collective), giving some little happy and gentle notes. This time, I had to do something massive, and gathering. This is where the #flyingproject happened. (videos on www.annecazaubonart.com)