Fred du Mesnil, a self-taught painter from a family of artists, navigates between animal figuration and abstraction inspired by architecture and urban life. He favors large formats, plays with chiaroscuro and the influence of the support/surface movement, rejecting rounded forms and overly vibrant palettes to focus on chromatic harmony and texture. His work conveys a quest for balance, a luminous tension within abstraction, inviting the viewer to experience the pure emotion of color and matter.