My passion as a sculptor
Arson talks about his career and his work as a sculptor
Often, the same questions are asked about my work as a sculptor.
Why did I become an artist and sculptor in particular? Why choose sculpture, when I had started a fine art painting job and wanted to focus on architecture?
Why be represented by online art galleries, world leaders like Artpser or Saatchi and create my website?
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In fact, I don't have a precise answer on the choice of sculpture, simply because it is not one. It is my sensitivity, my interest for the material and the object which, little by little, allowed me to express myself through sculpture. I need to work the material whatever it is, I experience a deep pleasure in transforming a clod of earth into a model, in carving a stone or casting metal in a plaster mold that I would have created from a modeling or a size. When I start work in the studio from an idea, an irrepressible desire, I have no idea what the result will be and a fight begins between the material and me.
It happens that I doubt, that I am afraid of going in the wrong direction, of not succeeding because the material will be stronger than my will to bend it, to form it to my wish, that it will refuse to my desire to transform it. This feeling of rejection is very strange and often I have to force it. I can already hear you drawing a parallel with a desired woman. I admit that sculpture is above all a sensual expression that could have with love. In my case, it is the love of women, you will also tell me that this transpires in my works, undeniably.
But I would say my work is surrealist poetry and if you call my work iconoclastic, that's a compliment to me. Too much deja vu in today's art, too much already copied and recopied. Too much “gadget” or “deco” art which the galleries abound and to which I prefer the art of an expression of opinion, at a time when we are advised not to have any. The freedom of thought, the freedom to do, the freedom to say having become a mortal sin, in a world without dreams and without a future, art is still a possible support.
"Paola" 2,50m x 3 m
At the foot of the village of Gordes in Provence Luberon
What could be more exciting than sculpture?
Most of my works are modeled in clay. Once finished, I create molds to produce prints in resin, bronze, pewter or metal. Unique pieces? Yes, I have many — but they’re more expensive.
My scaled reproductions, like the Esculmaux family, are distinct sculptures, not simple 3D copies. Model 53 is more feminine than model 230 — and so are the others.
Connecting Art and Place
Few artists can easily make a living from their work. That’s why I created my own online sculpture gallery — to connect directly with collectors and art lovers who appreciate my sculptural work.
Though I’ve exhibited in major art fairs and shown in galleries run by friends, my virtual gallery leads you to my studio in the South of France. After fifty years in Gordes (Vaucluse, Provence), I now live in Bouchet, a charming village on the Côtes du Rhône route in Drôme Provençale.
You’ll find me surrounded by the vineyards of Vacqueyras, Gigondas, Châteauneuf du Pape, near the truffle market of Richerenches, the Grignan Festival, the Chorégies of Orange, and the majestic Mont Ventoux. This southern land is where I joyfully shape my art. I’ll be waiting for you.