REAULT Patrick

Patrick Reault (born October 1955) is a French contemporary painter. After growing up on the banks of the Dordogne, in 1975 he became a theatre actor and musician in a band formed in Clermont-Ferrand. In the early 1980s he moved to Marseilles where he began his career as a painter, after observing an watercolourist on the Place aux Huiles. Self-taught to keep all its authenticity and sensitivity, it is days and nights in a cellar, which he draws, which he paints constantly. in search of these games of lights that these Provencal hills have so inspired him, as well as these two masters, Nicolas de Staël and William Turner. It sells its first watercolours on the quays of the Old Port of Marseille and on sunny Sundays on the pretty little town of Cassis. Then he won his letters of nobility in Paris. A constant evolution of his technique characterizes Patrick Reault's work. After her watercolour debut, her canvases will be oiled for about ten years but the drying times are far too long. Acrylic allows him more freedom in his creations and work on matter. His painting is spontaneous, rhythmic and intense like his colorful landscapes. Patrick Reault exhibited in Asia, the United States and France, and his talent earned him the favour of many collectors around the world