Nicole Fontaney

And yes I am from Lyon, a Gone as we say here, half Greek, half Stéphanoise.

My parents give me a classical education, my father and my mother love the art and beauty of even the simplest things, they make me discover painting, music, sewing, gardening with flowers of all colors, and take me to hunt in flea markets, in the middle of antiques and unusual objects.

They give me this taste to look, to observe what surrounds us. The ingredients are there to develop my artistic side.

The choice is made when my mother dies, and I orient myself in the creative field. My interior designer diploma in my pocket, I am entering working life but I am a jack of all trades, I work in different fields: jewelry, advertising, fashion, design, decoration, everything is subject to discoveries, creations, until the day when it is obvious, painting becomes my mode of expression.

I have a sensitivity for colors, shades, tones, gradients .... Encouraged by those around me and supported by my daughter, I set off, the adventure begins and the exhibitions begin.

A need to fix on the canvas the motives of life, The love which is translated by hearts, universal symbol. Childhood because it marks us for our future, our future. Nature surrounds us. Death because it is part of life. A personal interpretation of my colorful universe, always "feel good", inspired by pop art, street art, without forgetting pointillism ...

It is through my brushes that my child's soul and my adult gaze express themselves and lay the expression of my emotions on the canvas. A mixture of concrete and abstract, where reality is linked to my imagination, where the colors snap, fly away and translate my feelings.

Life is played on notes of color ...