Contemporary painter, Amicie de La SERVIÈRE develops a pictorial work worked in oil with a knife on linen canvas where materials and textures dialogue with elegance and tension. His universe, both abstract and intuitive, is nourished by cross-references: with a predilection for haute couture, the graphic purity of mythical beaches, the aesthetics of the seabed as well as the powerful symbols of mythology. His gesture is instinctive, assertive and precise, sculpting the surface as much as he paints it, stretching the color, stacking the layers. The material thickens, fractures, rises in ridges and furrows, giving his creations an almost sculptural, vibrant and tactile presence. She explores a great wealth of textures and colors, composing works that are both powerful and elegant and that interact equally well in a stylish setting as with more designer interiors...