Brigitte Darras dite Bivan

Painter, sculptor, illustrator, my expression is multiple: I seek above all to translate an emotion, a moment of life, through the spontaneity of the initial sketch. I preferred to express myself with acrylic paint rather than oil paint for its speed of execution. It allows me to work on many successive glazes while remaining fast.

In sculpture, the direct contact of the material, either stone and wood in direct carving, or earth in modeling then bronze or resin, allows me to work in a more instinctive, less thoughtful way. I don't let myself be locked into a particular style and I like to play with techniques and materials. Each subject pushes me to express myself differently.

“Soft figuration with structured combinations" is the trend defined by Francis Parent, critic and art historian.

Harry Kampianne of Arts Actualités Magazine writes: “Even if such passion and liveliness of line may seem worrying to the visual reluctance of certain delicate people, she perfectly masters composition techniques and the arrangement of colors. It's almost despairing: Ah! this mixture of fluidity and determination in the gestures of its characters, this softness tinged with latent vitality........ what's more, it has the nerve to take us on a journey. Wouldn't we think we were Lawrence of Arabia drowned in the whirlwinds of sand of the Sahara...... Without laughing, the genius of this artist comes above all from the illusion that she can procure. Strength and sensitivity belong to her pictorial gaze. Her sincerity seems acquired to us without her trying to prove any truth to us. »