Yannick Chevrel

French abstract expressionist from
Brittany, presently living in Hong Kong
for the past thirty years. I did the Art School of Life as an autodidact.
Sensitive to my living environment, I started collecting trash and gave them a second life by making sculptures with wires for instance. My first painting was done on a thrown ply wood found in the street.

I paint with instinct, especially the first row of the painting, searching for my true inner at this precise moment; then the piece starts to get its prime DNA that I forge to my satisfaction. This is why some of my paintings may have a tribal touch.

I chose bright, warm color like if I was looking to compensate the grey urban environment of the city.
I look for contrast, colors clashing to grab viewers’ attention and tackle their emotion; I want them to wonder, to be transported in other dimensions.
I also like giving textural effects like if I could bring the painting alive, a sort of immobile dynamic.

Abstract painting for me is synonymous to freedom; it has no boundaries no rules. It is a free land of expression that offers viewers a wide angle of interpretation.

Self learning painting. Total freedom of approaching virgin canvas, no restrain, constant learning about strokes and colors.

30th January to 14th February 2022
VIRTUALARTISTS Exhibition
Hobbs Cross Business Centre, Hobbs Cross Road, Theydon Garnon, Essex, CM16 UK