Artospective: Figurative Paintings by Olivier Payeur from France.

Elodie

An Interview with Olivier Payeur.

Who and where are you from?

I'm Olivier Payeur, I'm from Toulouse, a great city in the south west of France.

How you got into this?

I've started to draw and paint from life about 10 years ago. I graduated from an engineering school and worked as an engineer, but I felt that I wanted to spend more time drawing. So I've painted and drawn more and more to escape my engineering job and become a painter.

I've spent a lot of time reading to learn about drawing anatomy, life model, basic painting principles, etc. I draw everywhere, every day, I always have a sketchbook in my pocket... like many self taught artists.

What is your driving force?

Because I can't paint and draw just the way I like, I keep trying and working on. It's like an obsession. And of course, there is the will to create some esthetic emotion. Here are the driving force.

I also like to experiment, so I don't go right to the point, I can loose a lot of time in trying things. But sometimes I find interesting things, inspiration is then reloaded.