Patrick Bigeon

He was born in Cherbourg, at the very end of the Cotentin, and spent his entire youth there. He would go to the docks of the transatlantic liners to watch the maneuvers of the small and large boats.
His desire to represent them manifested itself very early on and he began to draw old sailing ships on his own, in pencil and pen, encouraged to do so by Jean Charles Arnault, founder of the Chantereyne maritime museum.
He discovered the paintings of Marin Marie (marine painter) and it was the dazzling that led him to paint in watercolor or acrylic. Over the years, the formats have grown larger and the quality of the works has improved. The skies and the sea (always decorated with seagulls) are distinguished by the nuance of the colors and the realism of the shapes.