Pascale Salmon

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After course of textile Designer in the domains of the fashion and the decoration (C. Lacroix, Kenzo, JC of Castelbajac), of driving force of studios of free expression with differents public, is born the desire to paint what holds me heart. At first, the human body and the tree are my subjects of preference. Then the relation between both, that they have in common, the trunk, their roots... This adventure through the mandala and Buddha's silhouette, the sources of inspiration stemming from my readings, from my escapades in India and from my meeting with Pasang, Nepalese painter comes then...
The mandala, which means circle, invites me in the journey. I observe this figure, made by a center and by a suburb, in the nature, the art, the architecture, through numerous cultures and traditions.
By the simple game of the forms, the materials and and colors, to create a mandala is a subtle means of exploration of one. My compass is the first tool which draws the limits of this space: the peace settles down, an interieure certainty  guides me and harmonizes me in the whole. One moment of intimacy with myself where I saw the painting as a meditation.
Body and soul, in the heart of my research...

So, I let with the mandalas the role speak about themselves and in the glances which settlethere, the freedom of to find an echo there. Every mandala reveals a particular energy to the one who opens on this meeting.

Finally, my commitment to respect life in all forms: human, animal, vegetable ... guides my creativity to the theme of "Veganism" ...  

    
Exhibitions:

Big Market of contemporary art of Bastille, Paris XV artists' Studios, Gallery Artitude, Festival of Chizé, Gallery Metanoïa, Drouot: auction.