Jean Matrot

In painting, representing reality today exposes us to multiple reactions and questions. Why paint what we can see, photograph? Then why look at it? Why open our eyes to what surrounds us? What if painting, by adding an extra dimension, made us see differently? Or perhaps simply look? Faced with the profusion of images we are exposed to today, capturing a glimpse is not so simple. The painter is the one who shows with his brush what has moved him. The viewer feels it in turn, sometimes differently, and this emotion completes the artistic process.

 

For the artist, representing reality also means staging his own life, giving it another temporal dimension. He hopes, aware of the vanity of our existence, that the representation of these moments will outlive him for a while. In the end, these paintings slowly fall into place like the pieces of a puzzle, that of a life.

 

Jean Matrot lives in Burgundy. Trained as an interior designer, he has always drawn and experimented with various artistic techniques before settling on oil painting. His favorite themes are varied, but he often tackles urban landscapes while escaping into portraiture. He exhibits regularly, and his paintings are featured in various French galleries. Most often, it is the search for light that guides his brush and which he uses to bring his paintings to life.