Didier Barret

I live and work in Haute-Savoie, on the shores of Lake Geneva, near Thonon-les-Bains. I have always painted and drawn alongside my professional activity in the field of graphic arts (screen printing, graphics and computer graphics).

I am also a press cartoonist. My artistic approach is largely oriented towards the figurative, my influences range from impressionists to painters such as Magritte, Andrew Weyth, or Edward Hopper. Whether in watercolor or acrylic, I like to paint landscapes, still lifes, people, life, simple things, silence, the passing of time ...

“Its lemons make the visitor want to go pick up the citrus fruit. His api apples with greedy gleaming seem to start a mad saraband in their happy glass jar (…). Didier Barret paints the beauty of the world with the elegance and delicacy of a well-inspired artist '. Olivier Lestien