Artist Bio
I spent my childhood in Rambervillers, a small town in the East of France, and in 1985, after a two years sabbatical to take art classes at the School of Image in Epinal, I exhibited my first works, oils, acrylics and etchings. Then, after having obtained a Master’s degree in FLE and a DEA in Philosophy, I went and teach in Cambodia. I moved to the United States in 1994. It’s when I specialized in woodcuts or linocuts, mainly for lack of space to be able to do something else at the time. Photography, which I had always used as a visual notebook, became the basis of my work. In 2007, I discovered the island of Grand Manan in New Brunswick (Canada) and it became a regular source of inspiration. I love the little things of life, the spectacle of nature, the lines and forms of the world, the mystery of cities. I use them to create images, to map voyages, to share impressions.
Materials and Techniques: I do linocuts and woodcuts by cutting around a drawing I made on a wood or linoleum block. Once this drawing is left in relief, everything else having been cut, I ink the relief and press a thick paper on it with a hand-pulled press or a wooden spoon. Then I pull the paper off, let the ink dry for 15 days and if I want to add color, I apply watercolors with a brush or I use colored pencils. That’s the short version, in reality, it takes many tries to get everything the way I want!
Website: http://ldart.work
Facebook: facebook.com/lecomtedominique
Instagram : @imagesvoyagesimpressions
