From an early age, Édouard Mares has always been a gallery-goer. He first fell in love with the intense colours of Nicolas de Staël, but also with Cubism. As did Soulages, in a different vein of artists.
After wanting to reproduce works by Nicolas de Staël and other lesser-known artists, he took the plunge around ten years ago.

The initial idea was not to belong to any school and not to take any courses in order to keep his great freedom, even if he was aware that he would probably lack some technical elements.
It's never too late to discover them for yourself, or even to discover other techniques.

Interested in the knife, he had fun letting himself go according to the result that the practice of the knife gave, using it like a brush and never diluting. So there was no control over the expected result, and the work unfolded without ever knowing where to stop...
Another type of work, much more precise and inspired by cubism, where he mixes angles with more rounded shapes.

And then there are the occasional flashes of brilliance using either your fingers or a squeegee.

The inspiration for his paintings often comes from photographs or intense moments in his life that he wishes to reproduce.
It's always based on a crush, an emotion, something strong...

Sometimes a few sketches, sometimes a few glimpses.

A painting can take three minutes or a few weeks. Depending on the planets, the moon, your mood. It's like choosing a book in the evening, depending on your state of mind.

 

What this manager, who is also passionate about his work as a pharmacist, lacked was art. Poetry and fantasy are not, strictly speaking, in the DNA of his profession, so for him art is therapy, an outlet, a moment of relief, a journey...

The range of his creations is varied, as are the techniques he uses. He discovered charcoal about two years ago, which gives a new dimension to his paintings, even if it is a difficult material to tame.

The size of his paintings is always the same: 110 × 86. And of course acrylics, because the drying time of oil paint doesn't suit his fiery temperament.
Another constant: never dilute with water or lighten with white.

The colour palette is often limited to primary colours.

Whatever the technique used, the themes are mountains, religion, angels, bullfighting, nature, incongruous photos, a political message, a snapshot...

Not content with satisfying his artistic urges through painting, he decided to convert an old family shed into an art gallery (the bod-factory) in which he allows himself the luxury of exhibiting his work alongside that of other artists selected by him.
Good discovery and good interpretation of the titles of these works and the pictorial result.