Drawing and painting have always been part of my life. I made it my job by becoming a certified plastic arts teacher. I used several techniques: watercolor, gouaches, oil painting, I made murals and mosaics in the establishments where I taught. And then one day I turned to clay modeling and this new passion has never left me.
I am self-taught in sculpture. I am not part of any group workshop. I am very demanding of myself and very patient.
Several vacation trips to Asia have inspired me. I mainly represent young, fulfilled, serene, sometimes dreamy women.
I do a lot of sketches to find an attitude, a movement. When I start a sculpture I know exactly what I want to achieve.
Let everything be beauty and sensuality. Generous volumes that alternate between full and thin with a smooth surface that reflects the light. I want to express the softness, the harmony and the happiness that the spectator can feel in front of a work.
No, I use very fine red clay which gives the smoothest possible sculpture. I often try to have them made in bronze by a founder.
I am a perfectionist and I don't like it roughly. So it takes me a long time to finish a sculpture.
Does the work of an artist take you to travel a lot?
I travel a lot in France only for Exhibitions or Trade Shows.
Obtaining the bronze medal at the Salon des Artistes Français at the Grand Palais in 2015 when I presented myself for the 1st time.
I would like to make large format sculptures for public spaces, parks.
I transpose Michelangelo's "Creation of Adam", female version, into sculpture.
Camille CLAUDEL, her work is sensitive and powerful.
Olimpia Gaia Martinelli
