PORTFOLIO
Contemporary Architectural Watercolors

”Art and love are the same thing:
It's the process of seeing yourself in things that are not you.”

- Chuck Klosterman

Based in France, I am a contemporary painter developing a practice in architectural watercolor focused on the notions of threshold, frontality, and silent presence. Through the recurring motif of doors, façades, and openings, I explore how built space can become a surface of concentration and visual balance.

Watercolor allows me to work within a tension between formal structure and the subtle vibration of the medium. The transparency of water, the density of pigments, and the breathing of the paper introduce a sensitive dimension within compositions that remain deliberately restrained.

In this research, architecture is not treated as scenery but as a point of equilibrium — a relationship between form, color, and silence. Repetition removes anecdote and narrative, leaving only the essential: rhythm, proportion, and presence.

Each series presented in this portfolio forms a chapter within a broader exploration of space, thresholds, and quiet architectural forms.

Thresholds and Presences

Architectural Watercolors — Doors and Facades

This series forms the central axis of my practice.

Doors, gateways, and façades are approached frontally, within a deliberate economy of narrative. The frame stabilizes the space. Color concentrates the intensity. The structure remains.

The threshold here is not merely an image of passage. It becomes a surface of tension — a measured boundary between openness and restraint. Each variation of color, texture, or proportion introduces a subtle displacement of the gaze.

These contemporary architectural watercolors are inspired by fragments of urban architecture observed in Paris and other European cities, where traces of time interact with the geometry of façades. Attention to frontality, rhythm, and balance connects this work to a broader reflection on architectural presence within the image.

Within this series, watercolor becomes a space of visual concentration where the lightness of the medium encounters the stability of constructed form.

Forms of Silence

Botanical Watercolors Inspired by Eastern Traditions

Alongside my architectural research, I develop a more contemplative series centered on vegetal forms.

These botanical watercolors draw inspiration from certain Eastern painting traditions, where gesture, balance, and the active presence of empty space play a fundamental role in the construction of the image.

The flower appears less as a naturalistic subject than as a fragile structure — a vertical line, a suspended presence within the paper’s open space. Forms emerge with restraint, allowing white space and transparency to participate actively in the composition.

In this approach, watercolor becomes a place of quiet measure. The gesture remains simple, the palette intentionally restrained, allowing the subtle presence of the form to emerge.

This series acts as a counterpoint to the architectural work — lighter, more open — yet guided by the same attention to balance, restraint, and the silent density of the image.