French artist Poumelin's art is expressed in his music as an accomplished guitarist. His landscapes, Venetian seascapes, still lifes, and his other paintings are filled with a spiritual exercise…filled with powerful harmonies and magic reality, and sensitive serenity. He remains faithful to the motif, to the object, to the unmistakable poetic elements. His works evoke a feeling, a sense of place, and sometimes the gold paint jumps out against the serene black and white. A silver medallist in 1996 at the Grand Salon Internationnal de Peinture, and the grand prize gold medalist in 1997 at the Internationnal d’Arts Plastiques Poumelin’s work are in a number of significant private and corporate collections. His art is widely exhibited in France, Italy, Canada, Corsica, and the United Sates. Poumelinn started drawing at the age of 16. Always in a search of an absolute truth, artistic creation turned out to be an answer to his questions. He became a student of Jean-Georges Inca, a painter who is concerned with the clash of civilizations. In 1999, his watercolors were remarked upon and he received numerous awards. Poumelin now uses a mixed media of acrylic; oil and graphite. While keeping the subjects themselves in watercolor, he offers more material and more contrast by using these materials.
A nature lover, especially of his native Provence, Poumelin draws inspiration from the reflection of nature. A diversity of landscapes, daily scenes and images that challenge him are all subjects that appear on the canvas with complete freedom of expression. Free from all academic constraints, he expresses his feelings of the moment. Self taught, Poumelin is inspired by the Impressionist and Post-Impressionist masters as William Turner (British watercolorist and a precursor of Impressionism) and Poumelin Parkes Boningon (English watercolorist).
He finds in this artistic movement the changing and ephemeral appearance of moments captured at the instant. His postmodern-impressionist approach consists of creating ambiance of colors dotted with lights. Between curves vertical lines he creates a “world apart”, a highly structured world. His works are full of emotions and vibrations, and his vision of the south carries the viewer into a sunny and warm world. His quest for absolute truth paves the way for an intense lyricism. In addition to his acrylic and watercolor paining, Poumelin is also an accomplished guitarist, and the viewer will sometimes find musical themes in his paintings. Expressed or not, this sensitivity is never absent, and nourishes each of his paintings.
