- Swindon, United Kingdom
- Work Artist
- Website www.benoitphilippe.com
- About Born in 1968, I lived in Paris for thirty years, painting in and around the city. I started oil painting at the age of twelve. Two years later, I participated in my first group show and carried on ever since. Painting has been running in the family for several generations and seems to continue this way. In 1997, I moved to Swindon (United Kingdom) and started to paint the scenery of Wiltshire. If I had to choose one sentence to depict my art, whatever medium I use, it would be «drawing with light». I bring the subject to life by tuning colours, tones and shapes. Lines emerge from the encounter of shades and lights, not the other way around. I like to paint quickly, free hand, to ke
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