Armchairs in Seine
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The tourist circuit "Armchairs in Seine" invites to discover the territory of the Community of Communes Heart Côte Fleurie under a new angle, through urban armchairs revisited by artists and installed all along the maritime stroll and at the edges of the points of 'water.
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25 km"Cultural mediator at the Villa Montebello Museum since 2000, I welcome various public children and adults, to discover the permanent collections and temporary exhibitions of the Museum. Pedagogy in the practice of the plastic arts remains my core business."

Plastic artist, insatiable and prolific, Annette Boyer refuses to limit herself to a single mode of expression: paintings, collages, engravings, and sculptures, constitute a generous and unclassifiable work. The materials used, such as metal, paint, earth, resin or paper allow her to create creations that live up to her fantasy.
She gives free rein to a pure artistic expression which she also reveals through her drawings and collages, guided by passionate emotion and imagination. Her expertise, mixed with tremendous creativity transports her into a poetic and fantastic universe that belongs only to her.

According to legend, Sedna having no more hands to comb her hair gets angry regularly seeing the dirt that collects in her hair and that she can not remove. The stupidity of the men, as well as the wickedness which they show with regard to the animals are represented by defilements which come to be deposited progressively in the hair of Sedna. The latter, then very upset, keeps the sea animals near it and the people run out of food. It is necessary to respect Nature and women, and for Shamans, to be able to go into a trance in order to appease the anger of Sedna…
"As far back as I can remember I have always drawn, painted, tinkered ... whether with paper, wood or fabric. I built my bubble with all this.
During my artistic studies at the Regional School of Caen, I explored various techniques of creation and printing. When I leave I create my publishing house: "Les Petites Manies", which allows me to produce in series, although it does not generally exceed 50 copies, literary objects.
Literature, poetry, inspire me a lot in my creative process. Screen printing, which allows me to produce my editions, also gives me the possibility of designing and printing prints, which I regularly exhibit with the collective "L'Encrage" in Caen and elsewhere.
I produce very few unique objects. I like series, it's less frustrating and we can share a lot more. Besides, I keep the idea in mind to build bleachers near the Deauville pier ... "

His journey :
Member of the society of artists from Lower Normandy since 2005
Art therapist graduated in 2004
Silver Medal of the society of "Arts - Sciences - Letters" in 2006
Prize of the City of Torigni in 2010

Born in Deauville and passionate about photography since always, I have since adolescence sought through the photo to immortalize moments of life. I exhibited in Vauville several times and after a break of a few years to start a family, I exhibited again in the spring of 2018 at Domfront en Poiraie.
If I talk to you about photography, I would say that it is above all an art but it is also a passion. A photo tells a story, reveals the beauty of things and landscapes. Nothing like a photo to capture a moment, an emotion, a light ... "

Claude Hastaire was born in Paris in 1946. Painter, essayist, poet and photographer, he has several hundred personal and collective exhibitions in different spaces (galleries, museums, centers of contemporary art) in Europe, USA, Canada, Japan or in Korea. His real name, Claude Hilaire (he is the son of the painter Camille Hilaire 1916-2004) adopted the pseudonym "Hastaire" at the age of 16. Winner of the XVIII International Prize of Monte Carlo in 1994, Hastaire produced several hundred lithographs, exhibitions of his photographs were organized in various galleries (L'oubli atlantique, Le Vietnam regouvé ...), he also imagined furniture : Arromanches, selected by the "New-York Times" with "Puci de Rossi" and "Eleen Gray" (1987). More recently, among others, "Picabia Toads" have met with great success. He is co-founder with his friend the painter Alain Kleinmann of the "Groupe International Mémoires".

Claudine Arras, an architect by training, came to painting by taking lessons from Joëlle Tomasso for fifteen years.
Today she has her workshop in Normandy. His painting is based on color and material from photos taken on different sites but more particularly in Pays d'Auge where the nuances of light are multiple. The practice of painting allowed him to taste tools, supports and formatting.

Erik de Saint pierre was born in Paris in 1958. He shared his youth between the Paris region and Normandy. He created his first communication agency in Jersey at the age of 16. After his Bac he joined the Met workshop in Penninghen then the École Supérieure d'Arts Graphiques (Paris VI). Layout designer at the Editorial agency, artistic director of Lire then creative director of the LG group, he creates his own communication agencies (Lanscape, Graph'M, Vif Argent and Pégase) while maintaining his activities as creative director and designer. multimedia.
In 2010, Erik left the Paris region definitively to devote himself to painting in Normandy. Member of several associations of Norman painters, it was in 2013 that he created La p'tite galerie in Honfleur. Since 2015 he runs a painting workshop in Gonneville-sur-Honfleur.
Since June 2016, Erik has joined the dictionary of artists alongside the Hôtel Drouot.

Florence Lebey born in 1958 in Versailles, daughter of a printer who will make her aware of Art, she joined the Roederer workshop then the Camando school where she will follow studies of interior architecture. In the 1980s, she returned to her maternal origins in Tourgéville where she joined her husband, operator and producer of Calvados in the town. The artistic fiber did not leave it, however, in 2012 she created with five painters "La p'tite galerie" in Honfleur where she could give free rein to her creative spirit.

Born in 1946, strongly encouraged by my parents, it was from a very young age that I was drawn to drawing and painting. It was in the 1970s that I really started to paint in gouache. Chance was to come across Jean pierre Ferrand, next door neighbor, renowned painter. His advice led me to approach oil painting.
Through my job I participated in major architectural projects in the world of aeronautics (infrastructure and buildings).
Since I retired I devote myself even more to this passion. I often paint from photos that inspire me.
Self-taught painter I participate, since 2001, in group exhibitions, sometimes personal.
I like to paint and share scenes from everyday life through our countryside, the characters and the sea.

Luc Michel is a self-taught artist. He has exhibited his paintings for several years, frequenting the various regional salons where he has been awarded a few prizes. He participated in 2014 and 2016 in "Rouen National Art".
For the past three years, he has exhibited his work at the "Galerie Hamon" in Le Havre, and more recently at the "Galerie 13" in Honfleur.
The artist paints a playful, humorous, poetic, rich in color universe where fish, nice pretext for some extravagance, compete for the front of the canvas. After working for a long time in watercolor, his paintings today are done in acrylic, offering an even more colorful palette.

Naiad was born in Jerusalem. A childhood cradled and permeated by the sea and adventure, by the sea and the horizon have surely led her to appreciate the medium of photography with this desire clinging to her heart to testify to what makes sense for the best in a complex world and all the beauties of the living world, to preserve! Contemplative, and admiring that life is a miracle!
In 1996, Naïade trained in the photography professions at the Iris Center and in the audiovisual industry at the Sorbonne, she won the 1st Rolleiflex Prize, she became artistic director of the Off of the Chroniques Nomades Festival in Honfleur for seven years. In 1998, she furrowed India for the association Aide et Action, and captured the work of NGOs in favor of the education of children. These photographic emotions mark the start of his professional journey.
Institutional orders, reports, weddings, portraits and advertising shots enrich his experience. After several years shared between India and France, with family and with passion, she rests her suitcases in Normandy.

Philippe Leray was born in 1944 in Paris, after courses in applied arts and studies in decoration, he made many arrangements in the fields of shop window, stand, decoration of apartments and publishing. He has devoted himself to painting and drawing since 1965.
He made his first major exhibition at the Cardo-Matignon gallery in Paris in 1968, at the same time as the painter Maï Thu. He worked only with ink and pencil until 1978. In 1970, he left Paris to settle in Normandy near Lisieux, creating a canine vacation center which made his reputation in the animal sector. In 1977, he was the first artist to exhibit portraits of movie stars at the Deauville American Film Festival. In 1979, he created a line of contemporary furniture "Wood and Light". From 1984 to 1990, the exhibitions let enter, after the pastels, his paintings and sculptures. The woman, the landscapes, the felines are the fields of application that it privileges. In 1993, he opened his workshop "L'Art du temps" near Bayeux, gave lessons, invited his painter friends to exhibit. In 1999, return to the Pays d'Auge, continuation of his workshop "The Art of Time".
Since 2012, he exhibits every year in Cambremer (Calvados). His theme "C'est beau la vie" becomes the common thread of his upcoming exhibitions. Inks, Pastels, Oils are the materials he associates with passion.

Philippe Olive, professional plastic sculptor for almost 30 years, lives and works in Calvados in Audrieu-France.
"His perpetual quest is materialized by an instinctive approach, he creates the emotion of an instant. The work becomes movement and clashes with matter, a search for harmony is established, it is an invitation to contemplation. Going beyond the figurative to better express lightness, fragility, feminine sensuality. Living sculptures, they evolve, reveal their various facets at will. Free form, resulting from the addition of a part of destiny, intuition, emotion for a moment. Philippe Olive takes advantage of tense curves to energize movement and propel forms into space. Playing with materials rich in nobility, with a smooth and rough, it offers a dynamic transforming the unreal into the existential, perception into reality. The single finished work has this universal harmony, releasing a vibration revealing symbols and philosophical messages of love and freedom. "

Born in 1963, Véronique Lefèvre is passionate about decoration and creation (jewelry, accessories ...) and animal photography.
After studying law and his artistic encounter with Etienne Bailleul, opened a gallery workshop in Honfleur for fifteen years, then in Trouville-sur-mer.

Abraham Dayan born in 1960 in Casablanca in Morocco, French nationality. In 1963, at the age of 3, his parents came to live in Paris and settled there to set up their business. It carries out general studies. At the age of 18, he worked in the family business, and created his watch brand. At the age of 33, he had the vision that he had to paint and gave up everything to devote himself to painting. With his characteristic style, he exhibits in numerous national and international exhibitions.

Abraham Dayan born in 1960 in Casablanca in Morocco, French nationality. In 1963, at the age of 3, his parents came to live in Paris and settled there to create their business.
It carries out general studies. At the age of 18, he worked in the family business and created his watch brand.
At 33, he had the vision that he had to paint and abandoned everything to devote himself to painting. With his characteristic style, he exhibits in numerous national and international exhibitions.

Amateur painter, since my childhood, I paint and I draw for my pleasure and that of my relatives who share my tastes. My productions are essentially figurative, in a palette of more personal colors. I try to paint an atmosphere around my characters or my architecture, rather than reality. I use oil paint or pastel, and more recently acrylic. I exhibited in several salons (Brécey, Avranches, Le Mans, Fougères) with some success at the end of the 70s, the beginning of the 80s. My professional (teacher) and family activities kept me a little away from this hobby. Retirement allowed me to reconnect with it and I exhibit at the “Rivière Saint-Sauveur” show, my town of residence. I participate in the courses or workshops of Françoise Plékan in Saint-Arnoult and Yves Riguidel at the MJC of Trouville-sur-Mer. Recently, on the wise advice of Yves Riguidel, I approach the abstract with a lot of curiosity and enthusiasm.

As far back as I can remember I have always drawn, painted, tinkered… whether with paper, wood or fabric. I built my bubble with all of this. During my artistic studies at the Regional School of Caen, I explored various techniques of creation and printing. When I leave I create my publishing house: "Les Petites Manies", which allows me to produce in series, although it does not generally exceed 50 copies, literary objects. Literature, poetry, inspire me a lot in my creative process. The serigraphy, which allows me to make my editions, also gives me the possibility of designing and printing prints, which I regularly exhibit with the collective of "L'Encrage" (association of serigraphs in the Yvonne area Guégan) in Caen and elsewhere. I produce very few unique objects. I like series, it's less frustrating and we can share a lot more. Besides, I keep the idea in mind to build bleachers near the Deauville pier…

Chair 2: "Mother Earth, be kind, I know that you put an eye on humanity, send signs, sounds, turbulence to warn us of the currents to come. The conscious man will resist the cataclysm that will come, he it will be necessary, Love will conquer. Again life will be beautiful, the rainbow will smile, the trees, the flowers, will bloom. Man will rise. But man does not underestimate Mother Earth. "
Born in 1965 in Les Sables d'Olonne (Vendée), Christian Francheteau has since his childhood devoted his free time to learning drawing and modeling alongside his father, himself an oil painter. Since 1994, Christian Francheteau has been working in several sculpture workshops and creating sets for event advertising. What best defines his work is obviously the color omnipresent in his art, it arises in all forms and on all materials. His philosophy of life is to try to bring beauty to the works in order to raise awareness of the prettiness of life.

Originally from the Pyrenees, I have always been drawn to the seaside. This is why the Côte Fleurie and more particularly Bénerville-sur-Mer where I live, are dear to me.

More than a passion, Art in all its forms is rooted in the family culture of Groovy. From the age of 15, he hit the headlines on the contemporary art market. This young artist reveals himself on frescoes, canvases and supports emblematic of a timeless era.



"Born in 1954, after the time of a professional life, retirement was the time and the door for a new form of reflection and travel in my imagination. Painting became for me the means of expression of this an imaginary that often takes the form of a metaphor. The meeting of the worlds of the Sea and the Marsh is an example. "

Holder of a doctoral thesis in geology, this Havraise of German origin, manipulates concrete by producing artistic objects and "tables" for ten years. Using an original technique, she shapes objects out of cement cast on a trellis and boxed in a wooden frame. The addition of colored pigments, metal parts, fragments of mirrors, ceramic fragments, finalize the rendering, leaving a large part to the unpredictability of the mixes while retaining a figurative rendering. The reference to the "Perret" architecture is obvious for this guide-lecturer, approved by the Ministry of Culture since 2003, at the origin of workshops for children offering to experiment with concrete. Currently also represented at the "Galerie Gloux" in Concarneau, the artist already worked in the city of Le Havre in 2003. You will notice a low relief in tinted concrete on the facade of the "Maison Odyssée", the work chosen after competition and financed by the "yellow pieces". The artist is engaged in the dissemination of Art by creating with his association "Regart" the open door of the workshops of artists from the Le Havre region, "Open Art", which takes place every two years. Another successful project is the organization of artistic exchanges with the "H2O gallery" in Magdeburg in Germany.

Luc Michel is a self-taught artist. He has been exhibiting his paintings for a few years, attending various regional salons (Saint Romain-La Hêtraie, St Laurent de Brèvedent, Artistes Ouvriers du Havre) where he has been awarded several prizes. He participated in 2014 and 2016 in "Rouen National Art". We could also see it at the Tourist Office of Le Havre, at the "Pasino", at the "Les Mots Passants à Etretat" gallery, at the abbey of Montivilliers. For three years, he has exhibited his work at the "Galerie Hamon", in Le Havre, and more recently at the "Galerie 13" in Honfleur. The artist paints a playful, humorous, poetic universe, rich in color where fish, a pretty pretext for some extravagance, compete for the front of the canvas. After having worked in watercolor for a long time, the paintings he offers today are made in acrylic, offering an even more colorful palette.

Born in Rouen, Man-X Man-X lived in Fécamp where in 2002 he created the association "Heteroclite Art" specializing in graffiti in order to promote street art. He began the profession of graphic designer at the age of 18, then turned to his current profession, stone cutting. After fifteen years of mostly urban creation, Man-x decided in 2009 to cut out his first stencil. Her favorite themes are: her children - her personal environment. He then revisits music groups, diverted posters, etc. The choice of medium remains for this very broad artist. By dint of practice, the cuts become more and more meticulous, the finesse of the detail of his stencils shows the patience of this young artist.

"The world could have been simple like the sky and the sea" - André Malraux
Born in 1950 in Le Havre. Painter, artistic director and photographer. In 1993, he became independent creative director. In parallel he continued painting and exhibited in different cities such as Paris, Tokyo and Geneva. Photography has always been linked to the design of his paintings. He always relies on a photograph to create his paintings. He has lived in Trouville-sur-Mer since 1997 and is particularly interested in the atmosphere of seaside towns. He is releasing his first series of photographs dedicated to Deauville and Trouville-sur-Mer. His journeys between Paris and Trouville-sur-Mer will give birth to a second series exhibited in 2010 in Deauville: "Flash on the A13". In 2009, he linked his activity as artistic director to photography. He participates each year in the photo festival in Deauville "Planches Contact". In 2014, he created an event series for this festival where he included a Barbie Collector in each of his black and white photos.

Chair 1: Fanny made a frog who takes a shower under a tap, Monique highlighted a curious nutria, attraction of walkers, as well as a coot and water lilies on the back of the chair.
Armchair 2: Martine chooses a duck that protects herself under an umbrella, Micheline represented a carp, undisputed queen of this river, gushing out of the reeds, as well as a heron, on the back of the armchair, with her pink boots so as not to get wet The paws.
During these painting sessions under the sign of humor and good humor, Micheline began to compose a few rhymes in tribute to this beautiful nature still preserved, and he produced a poem which accompanies this collective work.
Amateur painters and artists at heart, we are among the hardworking students of Françoise Plékan in Saint-Arnoult, and we responded to participate in this project. It is therefore a collective work that we accomplished together with great pleasure on the two armchairs at our disposal.

Sébastien Lucas is a musical composer, painter and sculptor. He orientated himself very early in various artistic activities and studied in particular at the Regional Conservatory of Caen. Pianist and organist, he obtained a first regional prize for musical composition by the Ministry of Culture and by the Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs at the age of 16.
He composed and self-produced several albums including "Abyss of the Whales" for "IFAW" - protection of whales and in particular "Voices of light" with Lama Gyurmé and Prince Michel of Greece.
Sébastien Lucas defines his painting as "Pop Art", linked to modern techniques. He works on acrylic canvas, then scans, reworks with the computer tool to obtain more powerful colors. To finalize his works, he then fixes the pigments on an unalterable support.

"The Blue Octopus", a fantastic creature, collects messages of love. It symbolizes the strength of the bond. Its tentacles receive your padlocks, expressions of love or attachment.
"The Golden Mermaid", protective goddess, delivers her message of love. The sun's rays on its pageantry magnify its luminous beauty thanks to the mirror effect. The mermaid is the symbol of fertility because water is the source of life. "
Sébastien Lucas is a musical composer, painter and sculptor. He orientated himself very early in various artistic activities and studied in particular at the Conservatory with regional influence of Caen. Pianist and organist. He obtained a first regional prize for musical composition by the Ministry of Culture and by the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs at the age of 16. He composed and self-produced several albums including "Abyss of the Whales" for "IFAW" - protection of whales and in particular "Voices of light" with Lama Gyurmé and Prince Michel of Greece. Sébastien Lucas defines his painting as "Pop Art", linked to modern techniques. He works on acrylic canvas, then scans, reworks with the computer tool to obtain more powerful colors. To finalize his works, he then fixes the pigments on an unalterable support.

"The psychedelic frog", with a generous smile, retains your messages of love, symbolizes the family, linking humans to Mother Nature. She is a symbol of resurrection and metamorphosis. "
Sébastien Lucas is a musical composer, painter and sculptor. He orientated himself very early in various artistic activities and studied in particular at the Conservatory with regional influence of Caen. Pianist and organist. He obtained a first regional prize for musical composition by the Ministry of Culture and by the Regional Directorate for Cultural Affairs at the age of 16. He composed and self-produced several albums including "Abyss of the Whales" for "IFAW" - protection of whales and in particular "Voices of light" with Lama Gyurmé and Prince Michel of Greece. Sébastien Lucas defines his painting as "Pop Art", linked to modern techniques. He works on acrylic canvas, then scans, reworks with the computer tool to obtain more powerful colors. To finalize his works, he then fixes the pigments on an unalterable support.
