Hands,meeting in the fire Photograph

I am born in Beyrouth,Lebanon, the 10 th of july 1958,my father was an architect and i lived in a family sensitive to art and creation. In1976,i moved to Paris,France because of the civil war . Of course my parents stayed there in the war,as they built an architecture agency in Beyrouth; then my father died...I was seventeen. I am an artist,i paint and design since a long time . I studied at les ateliers Guillaume Met de Penninghen et Jacques Dandon,as a graphic artist,and i was graduate in 1980. I studied also at the Beaux Arts school in Paris.,anatomy of the body. In 1982 ,i met a lot of interresting people in Paris, very famous artists,designers,critics... 80's were very exciting!it was years of more prosperity and freedom , in all the ways !!it was also very lively and full of beautiful events. I realy loved the life style,i was attracted by art exhibitions paintings and photography,fashion shows,nightlife...and everything the fantastic city could offer... I started to do some fashion illustration in magazines,and to paint with oil on canvasses" people and parties"!! I was surounded by artists ,some remain very good friends until today!! It was also a time in art where the european" transavangarde "and the"figuration libre"were trendy. I was drawing by free hand all sort of things...and find a lot of fans and costumers too... I started to be successfull and well known in the 90's. I became a french citizen in 2000...and since1976, still live and work in Paris,France. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED TO THE ARTIST COPYRIGHT ADAGP