I was born in the Bouches du Rhône and I spent my childhood between the pretty forests of Burgundy, my mother's country, and the scrubland of Marcel Pagnol.
When I was little I wanted to be Snow White , Cinderella, getting lost in wonderland or sometimes knowing how to wiggle my nose like my beloved witch while daydreaming in front of Sarah Kay's illustrations.

Pensive, I had long ago invented a magical world where I could take refuge at leisure.

“Then she fell asleep in a long, very long sleep…”

I drew like all children draw but without knowing that it would become a real passion.

I am self-taught and I started sketching especially landscapes and still lifes. Drawing appealed to me a lot but I was never completely satisfied with my "subjects of study".
One day I sketched a little sprite in a landscape and it seemed to me so natural that I continued on this path.
Since then I have dedicated my drawing to all these little characters who accompanied me in my childhood and whom I had so much pleasure in meeting again. I now like to bring them to life on a sheet of paper.
I continued to combine my passion for drawing with the magical world as well as my passion for certain periods of history.

My inspirations are quite varied but often revolve around magic or fantasy since I equally appreciate the softness of the illustrations of Meredith Dillman or Delphine Gache like the darker drawings of Tim Burton or Barbara Canepa.

I have been working in the field of professional training for adults for 20 years and I have been a declared freelance illustrator since 2008. I balance my time between a very humanly enriching job, my family life and my passion for drawing.

Keeping a part of magic and childhood is vital for me.

I will end with my favorite quote:

“What makes the poet ? Isn't it love, the desperate search for the slightest ray of sunshine playing on the parquet floor of a child's bedroom”
François Mauriac. 

My work as an illustrator

I dreamed my engravings like prince’s kisses,

a little naive and childish, they speak to your inner child, the one who deep inside you has never really grown up.

Embedded with melancholy, they speak to you of lost worlds, of the forever-gone melodies of your childhood.

Sometimes you'll bite into the poisoned apple, other times it's a frog that will wake you up.

Often, they are little wood fairies who look deep into your eyes and say:

“Remember”

My illustrations are made using different techniques, either traditional, watercolor, acrylic and colored pencil; or in digital painting in Photoshop. I always try to distill magic and softness into my way of painting, whether traditional or digital.