About Saint Lazare
I’m a self-taught artist from Switzerland, shaped more by curiosity than by classrooms. I never studied art, but aesthetics have always pulled me in. As a kid I wanted to be a comic artist, spent hours drawing, and was known for having the neatest handwriting in school. I admired sprayers for their boldness and abstract painters for their freedom. Then life moved on, and I put drawing aside for a few years.
What brought me back wasn’t a plan, but a feeling. I rediscovered my talent almost by accident, and it immediately felt familiar — like unlocking a room I’d forgotten existed. Since then, painting has become something I do every day. It’s the clearest, most grounded part of my routine.
Literature plays a quiet but steady role in my work. I read widely: philosophy, history, poetry, biographies. Stories, symbols, and fragments of memory shape the way I think about color and composition. They give the work depth, not in a theoretical way, but in a human one.
Music is another anchor. I paint mostly to jazz — Miles Davis, Dizzy Gillespie, and the kind of recordings where you can hear the room breathe. Their improvisation influences how I move, how loose or controlled a gesture becomes. Jazz keeps the work alive, imperfect, and honest.
My practice leans toward abstraction and mixed media. I’m interested in balance: gesture and structure, chaos and calm, the seen and the suggested. I don’t try to over-explain my pieces. I prefer when the viewer can find their own meaning.
Saint Lazare is simply me returning to something I’ve carried since childhood. No spectacle, no theory to prove. Just a daily commitment to creating something true.