Arnaud Lanson

Born in Colombia and adopted by a French family, Arnaud grew up in sunny southern France. After a career in Parisian palaces, he relies on the wealth of encounters and today returns to his first passion: painting.

In his way. That is to say by always being in search of "meaning". Sensitive portrait of a creator of emotions. Warmth and passion. Arnaud is indeed one of those beings who arouse mixed feelings. On paper, he has all the attributes of the son of a family. He is, in fact, the very prototype of the man who has "branch". And not just any, that of a Champagne family! He could push himself off the collar, or display some kind of spirit of these high born people. Only here, happy and bon vivant, the man has nothing to do with this cliché.

Arnaud, who has had a passion for the arts since his early years, chooses another path. No doubt He has a quality that prevents him from falling into the pitfalls that one would like to attribute to him: humor perhaps, but also, as his friends point out, a form of humility and an originality of spirit that sets him apart from some of his peers. Colors and movements. Now living between Paris and Nantes, Arnaud has kept the warmth and friendliness of his origins. Flying today with his own wings, he remains more than ever attached to his choices: simplify volumes, establish a close and sympathetic familiarity and above all promote, again and again, flamboyant colors and movement.

Self-taught artist, the creator gains, through investment and hard work, confidence in his painting and makes a name for himself in the field of contemporary art. Imposing style, embellishing his paintings, he daringly mixes colors, instills in his creations a dose of emotion. The artist composes according to his feelings, by expressing the emotions of an existence lived fully and spontaneously.

An intimate journey between contrasts and great differences. As often, childhood explains many things. There are doors that never close, wounds that stay open forever. Arnaud finds through painting a way to channel his energy and retrace his history. Of course, he is both modest and shameless, sincere and controlled.

But there is above all behind the appearance, the youthful and worked physique, which perhaps explains this sometimes melancholy look: the extraordinary journey of a child. Of a child who has been adopted and loved, but has felt more and more, over the years - as a pressing need - the need to express an elsewhere. His canvases represent the inner journey he went through, from his first dark and charged works, to his current creations, full of grandeur and light. From now on, the painter wishes to express a joie de vivre which characterizes him well, a communicative optimism. Travel and exchanges.

Now a Parisian, Arnaud has remained a traveler at heart. Eclectic, curious, warm, regularly setting out to meet various cultures, he draws his inspiration from the world around him and the many exchanges he nurtures with artists from the contemporary French and international scene. Very active on social networks, Arnaud likes to share his painting and particularly appreciates the universal side that art represents.

Today in search of the essential, he pursues an inhabited work, interwoven with history and emotion. In what he paints, he seeks normality, the familiarity of an everyday view which, one day, turns out differently ... A parallel between an endearing life story and his artist story.