About

Today, it's as if painting adds life to my days

My name is Arnaud Dumat.
I was born on September 12, 2019. The pregnancy that preceded my arrival on earth lasted… 52 years.
Since then, the search for balance within imbalance has been a wonderful quest.
Whether in color or black and white, whatever tools I use, everything I put on my works is me!
I am not looking for anything, I am not aiming at anyone: I give myself, I surrender myself, I live.

Artist's statement

Painting is about accepting your sensitivity!
To paint or create is to live, and to live is to share!
Painting is like washing your heart!
Art awakened me, art awakened me.

— Arnaud Dumat

My story

Me facing Arnaud Dumat

My hands and my heart speak to me. I listen to them with delight.

The spontaneity and generosity of my work are reflected in these volumes and contrasts.

The simplest path, the straight line, is the enemy of creation. But madness is an opportunity! I so love navigating those sharp turns at high speed!

Intention

What I seek in painting

To confront, accept and embrace who I am!
As if painting added light to my life.
Observing my work is like standing up to my flaws. The choice of humility and transparency.

Freedom It's about daring, having no rules, taking risks, doing and redoing with a single objective: to be moved!
Sensitivity I have always felt an inner madness, a difference. I have come to understand that my sensitivity is my greatest virtue. Let us never forget: It is the rain that makes the flowers grow!
Contrast Colors and textures evoke visual and tactile emotions. Observe, scrutinize, read, and touch them! Contrasts allow us to assess and appreciate life. I love balance within imbalance!
Sincerity Artists don't fake their deepest feelings. I owe you my truth! Crying washes the eyes. Painting washes the heart clean.

The material, the gesture, the relief

Each gesture, each layer, each contrast reveals an energy. Each movement generates surprise, enchantment! To create is to discover, to dream and to interpret. These layers of paint, this constant search for a fragile balance, these unexpected appearances of shapes and colors overwhelm me during the creative process! Tears flow and happiness fills me.