MAURITIAN ARTIST - ARTISTE MAURICIEN
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In a world often defined by urgency, noise, and uncertainty, my work offers a different vision—one rooted in colour, balance, and possibility.
I am a Mauritian artist painter who developed the Zafer style as a personal, unique and artistic response to the world around me. The word “Zafer,” drawn from Mauritian Creole, refers to something undefined—something not yet fully named. It is within this space of the undefined that imagination becomes powerful.
This approach resonates with a growing global awareness, reflected in initiatives such as the World Happiness Foundation and Action for Happiness, which recognise that the way we perceive the world shapes the way we live within it.
In this context, painting becomes more than an aesthetic act.
It becomes a way of participating in a broader conversation about human wellbeing, emotion, and the future we choose to envision.
About me
"Courage and kindness, always."
My name is Pascal Lagesse. I am a Mauritian artist. It was in 2003 that I started working on a very colourful style of painting, accompanied by geometric shapes. The use of graphics in the Zafer style stems in part from a simplification of the painter Vincent Van Gogh's touches. The spirals and circular shapes that we find in his painting “Starry Night” and the almost geometric shapes of the painting “Dandelion Meadow” caught my attention and I wondered what a painting would look like in which these touches of paint were simplified. This is how I started making paintings with circles, spirals, squares, triangles, lines and dotted lines.
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Last blog article
"Zaferizing" against the current : Hoping for a National Art Gallery
I have always believed that painting is a way of transforming darkness into light. My work—what I call the Zafer style—was born from that need. A need to take what is heavy, complex, sometimes painful, and turn it into something vibrant, colourful, almost joyful. Not to deny reality, but to reshape it and to breathe hope into it.
And yet, to be an artist in Mauritius is to constantly face a paradox…
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My studio in Curepipe
In the heart of Curepipe, my painting studio stands as a sanctuary of creativity. Filled with colors and brushes, it's where art comes alive. Step inside and be captivated by the magic of my creations on canvas. Welcome to my world of artistic expression. (Only by appointment)
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