Jean-Marie Cluchier discovered painting as a teenager, but it was from the 1990s that he devoted himself to it regularly and in depth. His artistic approach took a decisive turning point during a significant meeting with the painter R. Escudié on the island of Noirmoutier, who encouraged him to explore creative possibilities more intensely.
Originally from Avignon, he has lived on the Atlantic coast for twenty-five years. He gradually abandoned pastels and watercolors to devote himself entirely to acrylic painting on linen canvas.
His work oscillates between figuration and abstraction, nourished by the careful observation of seascapes, ancient villages and the surrounding nature. Although he pays great attention to composition, it is above all through the power of color and the way in which he restores light that he manages to transmit his inner emotions.
His most recent works move towards a very structured geometric abstraction, in particular around the figure of the triangle, where balanced shapes interact with a palette mixing deep ochres and bright hues.
Marked by 20th century Spanish painting as well as German expressionism, Jean-Marie Cluchier seeks above all to capture atmospheres in perpetual evolution. Whether he paints night seascapes or purely abstract compositions, he cultivates total freedom, refusing any form of rigid or imposed style.
For him, painting remains above all a profound necessity, an essential means of expressing his vision of the world, in which the serenity of the gesture is combined with great chromatic intensity.
