ART BLOG BY PASCAL LAGESSE
MAURITIAN ARTIST

High days make promises that low days have to keep. As an artist with bipolar disorder, I often dream in one mood and live the dream in another.

Copper engraving of a house in Rodrigues - 2012 Look at a photograph of a street in the 1950s. Turquoise and bright red cars parked outside shops with hand-painted signs, green-and-yellow enamel advertisements, and mint-green and sunshine-yellow kitchens. Look outside today, and you will find a white car, a black car, or a grey car. At home, a grey phone, a silver laptop, a beige sofa in a white room. Somewhere along the way, we let the colour drain out of our lives. As a pai

Classical style painting of Cap malheureux church - 2029 Today I'd like to share my personal experience on this subject. When I started painting in oils in 1986, I truly believed I was doing it for myself. At home in Phoenix, I was always surrounded by paintings by Mauritian artists my parents especially loved: works by Roger Charoux, Marcel Lagesse, Yves David, and Maurice Ménardeau (a French Navy painter who painted Mauritius extensively), among others. I spent hours lookin

Van Gogh's Influence on My Style: A Shared Language

Image from the song "La mizik, les mots" by Carol Lamport "1040 Paintings in 5 Months: How I Learned to Make My Art Move" is the story of an incredible adventure. My wife, Carol, is an extraordinary artist. She is an author, composer, singer, comedian, and vocal wellness coach, and I have always admired the depth of her creativity and talent. She spent five years building a musical called "J'oublie souvent qu'il n'est Zametrotar", which translates as "I often forget that it's

Busy creating What decides the price of a painting? It sounds like a simple question, yet the answer lies at the intersection of art, economics, reputation and experience. I have just been given an official quote by Artmajeur and the art expert Akoun, and this is for me a real milestone in my artistic adventure. The joy this brings me is immeasurable, since I have always wanted to showcase my art and my country abroad. So, what's a reference value attached to an artist? Wha