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“Painting gives me a way to inspire and touch people’s lives. This is why I paint.”

I was born in France and after spending some time in Canada, New York City and Taplow in the UK, I have now come back to live in France in the beautiful Sainte-Maxime-sur-Mer in Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur. My passion for colour was born out of a visit to Musee du Jeu de Paume in Paris when I was very young and where I discovered the works of Paul Cezanne, Vincent Van Gogh, Monet, Matisse, Derain and many other colour masters.

I started to paint later in life when I met the right teacher in 1994. I never looked back!

I studied at the Berkshire College of Art and Design and Amersham Art College in Buckinghamshire (1995-1998).

My sense of colour is intuitive and my work is about an emotional ‘coup de coeur’ to places and an expression of feeling. It is all about the energy and the wonder of life and my aim is to communicate its essence.

I work from sketches drawn en ‘plein air’ or take photographs and re-create in my studio the magic feeling of the moment.

I create original, inspiring and vibrant paintings mostly in acrylics on canvas or wood panels.

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Annick McKenzie, artiste peintre française, réside à Sainte Maxime depuis 2011.

Elle a vécu au Canada, aux Etats Unis et 30 ans en Grande Bretagne où elle a principalement étudié le dessin et la peinture aux Beaux-Arts de Amersham College of Arts (Buckinghamshire près de Londres).

Annick a découvert sa passion pour la couleur dès l’âge de neuf ans lors d’une visite au Musée du Jeu de Paume à Paris. Elle fut époustouflée, conquise et touchée par le travail de Paul Cézanne, Vincent van Gogh, Henri Matisse, André Derain , Paul Gauguin et de tous les grands maitres de la couleur.

Elle utilise la couleur de manière intuitive. Ses inspirations étant toujours des coups de coeur, son intention profonde est de pouvoir transmettre son ressenti du moment et l’énergie de la vie.

Elle compte plusieurs expositions seule ou collectives, principalement en Grande Bretagne. Elle a également exposé à Agora Gallery (New York City) en 2005, participé à plusieurs salons de peinture à Londres, Battersea Art Fair (2004 et 2006), Untitled Art Fair (2009).

Les deux salons de peinture de Windsor et Reading où elle a exposé en 2007, 2008 et 2010 lui ont passé commande de deux oeuvres, devenues les images logos de ces deux salons.

En 2001, la compagnie américaine ‘”Starbucks Coffee Company” lui a demandé de réaliser un tableau pour l’un de leur “coffee shop”. Cette peinture est maintenant exposée à leur siège de Londres.

Annick est inscrite à la Maison des Artistes à Paris.

En Mai 2015, Annick est devenue membre de la Foundation Taylor à Paris, dénommée “Association des Artistes, Peintres, Sculpteurs, Architectes, Graveurs et Dessinateurs, fondée en 1844 par le Baron Taylor.”

Please have a look at Annick’s website: http://annickmckenzie.com/

L’e Marquis clients will get a special rate on purchases of Annick’s paintings.

Naomi is exhibiting in St Tropez in 2023

Naomi Wallens, a British contemporary multidisciplinary artist working with painting, sculpture and photography. Self-taught as a street artist, Wallens is becoming well known in the art world for her provocative artwork exploring the subtleties of societal pressures of conformity and the profound impact this has on our ability to feel connected to our own self.

Drawing on her own experiences as a woman and mother and the experiences of those that she collaborates with, Wallens’ works are unorthodox products of visual story-telling that fight and challenge societal injustices and champion empowerment and love.  Wallens pushes her emotional boundaries to become the subject in many of her painted works and directly makes use of the female form using her own body in many of her sculptures to illustrate the stories she sets to tell.

Sometimes operating under her alter ago street name; ‘SHYGUY’, Wallens’ work is eclectic, rock and roll and rebellious and her famous sculptures depicting the female form display her signature stories of a search for freedom and pushing the boundaries that can be seen in many of her works.  Her collectors resonate with these stories that she sets to tell.

Since quitting her career in the corporate world five years ago, Wallens has built a vast body of design meets art wonders featuring several installations, street art pieces around East London, her own body part sculptures, large scale paintings and an array of alluring Objet D’Art. Her debut collection formed her first solo show ‘Behind Closed Doors’ in 2018, and since has been on display in Paris, The Saatchi Gallery, London, The Riverside Studios, London in addition to many art fairs and galleries across England. Naomi will be exhibiting in St Tropez during the summer of 2023 where she will be presenting an exciting collection of provocative and stylish sculptures including bronzes, champagne ice buckets, alluring neons and original and unique large scale canvases.

Wallens’ work has now become a firm favourite with international high net worth private art collectors and interior designers alike.