Lionel Chevalier - GAZE

Lionel Chevalier is a contemporary French artist and painter who is best known for his acrylic and figurative works, often inspired by the sea, coastal landscapes, and abstract themes.

Who is he?
Nationality & residence: French; he lives and works in Normandy and has strong ties to the city of Saint-Malo on the Brittany coast.
Autodidactic background: Chevalier is largely self-taught as an artist.
Early start: He began painting with watercolors at a young age and sold his first piece when he was only sixteen.

Artistic style
Technique: Chevalier works a lot with acrylic paint, often in flat layers and with attention to color, light, and materiality.
Themes: His body of work includes seascapes and coastal landscapes, portraits, and abstract landscapes that seek a poetic balance between figuration and abstraction.
Influences: He has drawn inspiration from the colors and forms of the coastlines of Brittany and from the work of other modernist painters.
Dynamics: His painting style alternates between lyrical warm tones and more sober, geometric interpretations of landscape and ocean.

Work and presentation
Exhibitions & sales: Chevalier exhibits and sells his work through gallery platforms and art markets, and is represented on various art websites.
Online presence: He has his own website as artiste peintre where his work categories (such as seascapes, large formats, and abstract series) can be seen and where exhibition information is available.
Social media: Chevalier also regularly shares photos of his paintings and studio via platforms such as Instagram.