Mathilde Pride Drawing

My work is governed by colors and lines. Inspired by the visual culture in which I was grown, I've been influenced by pop art, magazines and television. StreetArt is an important source of inspiration, I collect various visual items found throughout the broadcast day and I share it on the web through Facebook. I first worked alone oil painting techniques for many years. Then I "discovered" the French lyrical abstraction through French painters of the mid-twentieth century (Manessier, Atlan that I constantly draw inspiration of and apply their lessons). They fascinate me and amaze me. In 2008, I wanted to make my work evolved and tried to improve it by making contact with new people. These new contacts led me to the live model which became for me an excuse to explore new avenues and a new form of collaborative work. Since 6 years now, I've been practicing model. Working with a live model allows me a true sharing. Sharing a link with other artists, our moods, our fears before subsiding. It is also sharing energy, vibration, share life and then be able to see. I like to provoke. Because of the colours I use, I choose shapes to represent the features that I decided to draw. I seek this way to cause other new emotions, surprise and continue to innovate. Often defined as a colourist, it is for this reason that the Belgian company Little Van Gogh chooses and promotes since 2008 a 2 sets of 12 large canvas on the theme of colour variations through French, Belgian and Dutch companies (www.littlevangogh.fr). In 2012, I carried out a new experiment: to exhibit collective works in Dubai. 2013 was my "Gallery experience" with 5 exhibition in Starter Gallery, Neuilly-Sur-Seine, France that ended last january 2014.