Pascal Aiache

Born in Brittany, raised by fairies. I grew up in Paris. My grandma was from Normandy, and I have always been fascinated by legends, viking ships and the ocean. During vacations at the seashore, I’ve learnt to sleep with the sound of the sea, love the smell of a pine forest after the rain and wake up in the middle of the night, just to watch secretly the lighthouse, sweeping the night. We loved going through that forest to the sea, building tepees, living amazing pirates adventures and more than anything, running down the sand dunes to the sea.

WHERE DO YOU PAINT?
When I’m not on a boat or on a beach, I paint in my studio, in Paris. Mainly with acrylics, inks and pencils. Sometimes, I add a bit of sea water, or a few drops of champagne or old amber rum. But please, don’t tell anyone, ok? :)


DESCRIBE YOUR WORK
A woman, a beach, flowers. My painting is a cocktail of beauty, beach, flowers, perfumed with old amber rum, vanilla and scents of pineapple and coconuts.
I paint with energising colours, expressing a feeling of freedom, calm and well-being.
I stand for a better world. I’m simply saying: Life, Nature, Mother Earth, Love, Peace! Simple as that.
I paint the wind, the sun, the sound of the waves, and th...

When I was 14, I travelled with school to England. We visited the National gallery, in London. And I was struck by a huge Monet’s painting. All my class had gone out after the visit, and I stood there, in front of a water lilies painting, and I couldn’t move. It was as if I was hearing voices, or the painting was talking to me. :)
Since then, I have travelled extensively, and each time, I have visited first museums and art galleries.
I had the chance to spend a few days with important art gallerists, a decision maker from Art Basel and an old famous painter who portrayed Queen Elizabeth and Kate Moss. All these meetings have been professional, artistic and life lessons.

I have been very much influenced by Degas, Gauguin, and Matisse, but also by abstract expressionism: Jackson Pollock and his dripping technique; Frank Stella for his lines, and colors.