Anne Iris Caillette

Let the colour emerge, the gestures appear, the form reveal itself, and the work emerge.

I paint to make the colours vibrate, to mix materials, for the feeling of the brush on the paper, for the sound of the palette knife on the canvas, the odour of the pigments, to look for light in the depths, for the surprise of the viewers and above all for the stars in their eyes.

The richness of colours
I don’t attempt to put my thoughts or ideas on paper. I simply accept what comes, what passes by; I allow creation to emerge organically. I apply colour to the canvas, then another colour, and just let it happen. My motivation, my inspiration comes from colour. When I have my paper or canvas in front of me, I look at the pots of paint and I let myself be seduced by one colour “how beautiful is this blue!” It’s as if I’m a glutton for colour. It can happen that when I open a pot of turquoise paint I let escape an “Mmmm”, no matter should someone say “you can’t eat that”.
For the last year I have worked on light and with light. I work more so with white and play with the complimentary colours and their contrasts.

Gesture
One could easily describe my painting style as gestural. I started by painting many works with bands, using diff...

I've been painting since I'm 2 years old. Many drawing and painting lessons, a Plastic arts ans history of art Baccalaureat. I went to university tu study History of Art.
I've been exhibiting my works for 4 years.

24-30 Sept 18 - Nous, suspendus - First personnal exhibition.

07 April 05 May 2018 - Colorida art Gallery - COsta do Castello, 63 - Lisbon, Portugal

13-19 Nov 2017 - Inspiration: Where do artists find their inspiration – Paris

23 Sept -8 Oct 17 – With the collective "Le fil de la vie" - Paris

Juin 2017 - Le Louvre - Art Shopping- Paris

Février 2017 - A self-journey: Returning from voyages

Novembre 2016 - Creative meditation:: artists and mediators as vectors of communication within a society – Andorra

Novembre 2016 - Rodhobioscopie : collective exhibition – Paris

Octobre 2016 - Paris Artists: Selected by the Paris Artists competition

Juin 2016 - Eve and Lilith: Two women, two forms of creativity – Paris

Février 2016 - I love you Paris: Exhibition with a photographer – Paris

Juin 2015 - Art & Mediation: Parisian and Barcelonan artists -around what the artist and mediator bring to society –Barcelona

Mai 2015 - Dream big! – Let the imagination wander without obstacles in one’s path –Paris

Décembre 2014 - Out of the norm: The 6-sided painting and the revolving canvas – Paris

Avril 2014 - Freestyle Painting: First public contact - Paris