As an abstract expressionist painter with 20 years of experience, my work is deeply rooted in my spiritual and cultural influences. I was first inspired by the gestural and philosophical approach of French Abstract Lyrical painter Georges Mathieu, then I explored my own ways, infused by my practice of Buddhist meditation and shamanic explorations.My love for Chinese and Japanese calligraphy often shines through my art, as well as the 15 years I have lived in Singapore, as it has deepened my love and respect for Asian traditional cultures.My process is driven by intuition and emotion, allowing the canvas to guide me as I layer and blend vibrant hues to create dynamic and energetic compositions.I do not let a specific concept cloud my mind before I begin painting, instead I allow the process of painting itself to guide the final outcome, embracing the unpredictability and freedom of the abstract form.
This painting process is organic and grounded, with a focus on creating a fast and intuitive flow of energy and emotion through the use of acrylic paint, painting knives, and foam rollers. I strive to capture the essence of the very moment, creating bold, spontaneous and expressive pieces that allow for a deep connection between the viewer and the painting.The fusion of my spiritual practice, cultural influences, and energetic painting style results in abstract works that embody movement and emotion. Through the gestural lines and fluid forms in my paintings, I hope to convey a sense of connection to the universal language of the soul.
Live Painting Performance by Delphine Bernard, National Cancer Centre Gala, in presence of PM Lee
Back to work! After 15 years in Singapore I have moved back to Europe, and finally got an amazing new art studio after a long maternity leave.
Nestled in a 13th century castle in a vilage near Nîmes, the studio is gorgeous and I hope to soon host painting retreats there :-)
Art came to Delphine Bernard as a gift.
And that gift came in an unconventional way.
One night, she saw a documentary on Action Painting pioneer Georges Mathieu.
With the French Master’s Lyrical Abstraction she discovered emotions could be expressed through art, in a free and sensual movement.
She had found her calling. Her life would never be the same.
Delphine immediately embarked on a three-month journey to India, where she learned meditation and experienced the ability to feel the energies of the world in a visual way.
Upon returning to France, Delphine sequestered herself in a remote village in Brittany, dedicating herself entirely to painting to develop her own personal style.
Soon this vibrant expression of emotion through informal art began to attract attention:
Singapore’s Gallery Art et Domain spotted her work on her and in 2005 invited her to the city-state. She worked exclusively for the gallery over a six-month period, participating in interior design projects around Asia for clients that ranged from homes to offices to hotels.
Always present in her paintings is the influence of ancient Oriental art forms such as calligraphy. Delphine decided to immerse herself more deeply in Asia by studying Mandarin and settling in Singapore.
Now totally independent, Delphine Bernard has founded her own company, Tailor Made Art.
A keen contributor to Singapore’s ever-evolving art scene, Delphine Bernard has participated in Art Fair Singapore and has held major solo exhibitions at several venues, including The Swissotel Stamford .
In addition to her own creations, Delphine collaborates on major interior decoration projects. These collaborations can be seen in some of Singapore’s most prestigious addresses including The Icon and the recently refurbished Mandarin Hotel.
Delphine is currently designing a new collection of paintings for the Shangri-La Orange Grove.
In the United States, Delphine Bernard’s work is permanently exhibited in A Muse Gallery.
On special occasions, Delphine also conducts live painting performances, thrilling audiences by creating art on large-scale canvasses in a burst of inspired improvisation.
Delphine loves sharing her passion for freedom in art with all aspiring artists. She holds bi-monthly workshops for those seeking to better enter the flow of their own inspiration and also conducts art sessions for disabled children and adults from Very Special Arts Singapore.
Developing a close relationship with and understanding of her clients, Delphine can conduct a diagnosis of their homes, offices and personalities.
The objective is to draft and conceive – in concert with the clients – the unique artwork, canvass or mural that will suit their interiors, moods and desires.
Additional decorative items – such as cushions, bedspreads or curtains – can also be drafted,with exclusive designs directly inspired by the paintings…
An abstract expressionist painter in the tradition of Georges Mathieu, Delphine is creating a style of her own, balancing between art and spirituality, between such traditional arts as calligraphy and more explorative techniques like action painting and free expressionism. She exclusively uses painting knives, and usually works in acrylic paint, the brightness and quick-drying quality of which is perfectly suited to her technique.
Along the years, two distinctive styles have emerged in her work:
• tense, energetic artworks, exploding with colors and emotions; and
• gentle, contemplative paintings that convey feelings of balance, peace and harmony.
The first influence captures the raw power of creativity, which is left to express itself fully, totally, without constraint or boundary. Through her painting, the primitive forces of nature and its sheer brutal energy are unleashed, evoking the primordial theme of The Battle – the battle of the elements, the battles and wars that divide and shape humanity
The second influence, expressed through a technique and philosophy close in spirit to oriental calligraphy, sees these same energies mastered and sublimed into peaceful visions of balance and harmony. The sharp painting knives give birth to delicate details in round fantasies expressing the other fundamental need of humanity – the Quest for Love.
Whether it is peaceful visions or energetic battles that emerge on the canvas, the philosophy is the same. Delphine believes that the artistic power should be channelled back to the body through a shamanistic process; painting for her is a fusion of nature and the artist's most inner self. This belief requires that the artist paint in a trance-like mode, swiftly and without conscious thought.
At the beginning, the mind is as blank as the canvas. But, then the hands begin their dance, the heart chooses its colours, the emotions their expression...
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and a more personal touch...
My discovery of the work and philosophy of french abstract painter Georges Mathieu remains the bedrock of my work even though I now travel the great junge of colors and forms on my own...
I still stick to his vision of art as an expression of a greater inner self inside of us and do believe as he did in velocity as the better acces to the source of our talent.
My key-word is transe: I don't think while I paint, I just let my hands dance on the canvass and choose the colors they need...The first take is always the best, no second thought, beauty comes out directly or never. That's why I particurlarly enjoy acrylic colors which dry as quickly as I work.
Best part of the job is waking up in the morning and watching what came out the day before: looking at the paintings and discovering here and there visages, flowers, sceneries and animals on the canvas -stories I would never have imagined myself, directly imported from my subconscient.
Not to mention the pleasure of offering to others the great delight of imagination and beauty.
PS: my paintings can be seen on www.artmajeur/delphinebernard & www.artmajeur/del-fine
you can also check my artblog, look for the link to my personnal in artist's info...
Speed Painting Performance on the Swissotel Stamford Helipad, September 2008 in Singapore.
All paintings by lyrical abstract Artist Delphine Bernard on www.del-fine.com
Delphine Bernard is a French painter based in Singapore.
Speed is at the core of her creations.
Her live painting performances are rare events.
If you would like her Live Painting Performance to be the highlight of your event, contact us
Live Painting Performance on the Swissotel Stamford Helipad, September 2008 in Singapore.
All paintings by lyrical abstract Artist Delphine Bernard on www.del-fine.com
Delphine Bernard is a French painter based in Singapore.
Speed is at the core of her creations.
Her live painting performances are rare events.
If you would like her Live Painting Performance to be the highlight of your event, contact us
Permanent exhibition at Gallery ART et DOMAIN-SINGAPORE
Lots of paintings still exhibited and stocked at
Gallery Art et Domain, SINGAPORE
120 Lower Delta Road
#02-08/09 Cendex Centre,
Singapore 169208.
January-February 2007
Exhibition at Luxury Spa Citibella
Velocity, Novena, Singapore
Knives, knives, knives...only and forever knives!!!
Flexible, quick and amazing...i could'nt paint without them!
Permanently represented in the USA by:
A Muse Gallery
Represented at Singapore International Art Fare in November 05 with Gallery Art et Domain
Painting "Rage Against You"(2005, acrylic on canvass) printed in the art fare catalogue
Current exhibition (may-june 2007) in SINGAPORE
at French Gallery and Designer Shop D'Apres Nous
111 Emerald Hill Road
SINGAPORE 229391
t: 6733 5156
f: 6733 5157
Splendid opening night at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy for Art Live, a retrospective of more than 30 exceptional paintings by the artist Delphine Bernard.
A true recognition of the artist's involvement into the Singaporean art scene for the last 6 years.
Guest of Honor:
Professor Robert D. Putman, Li Ka Shing Professor
Also present:
- His Excellency Mr. Olivier Caron, Ambassador of France to Singapore
- Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
and many VIPs.
The acme of the event was the Live Painting Performance by Delphine Bernard.
The painting was successfully auctioned to the benefits of the charity Very Special Arts.
A painting workshop was conducted the previous night to introduce the students of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to abstract painting.
...or how a splendid painting comes to life in less than 15 minutes
Delphine Bernard is renowned for a speed paintings live performances.
Once more she amazed the guests of the reception.
The painting was successfully auctioned to the benefits of the charity Very Special Arts.
Art Live was meant as a retrospective of more than 30 exceptional paintings by the artist Delphine Bernard, and a true recognition of the artist's involvement into the Singaporean art scene for the last 6 years.
Guest of Honor:
Professor Robert D. Putman, Li Ka Shing Professor
Also present:
- His Excellency Mr. Olivier Caron, Ambassador of France to Singapore
- Professor Kishore Mahbubani, Dean of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy
and many VIPs.
A painting workshop was conducted the previous night to introduce the students of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy to abstract painting.
Live painting in Hanoi, december 14th 2010 for the launch of the new Audi A8
Spectacular!
Live painting for the French Association Gala, at the Fullerton, January 28th, 2011
In Singapore...
Clear and sunny, open onto the world right outside the window...
Hot! but who cares...
Tailor Made Art is Delphine’s latest project.
Developing a close relationship with and understanding of her clients, Delphine conducts a diagnosis of their homes, offices and personalities.
The objective is to draft and conceive – in concert with the clients – the unique artwork, canvass or mural that will suit their interiors, moods and desires.
Additional decorative items – such as cushions, bedspreads or curtains – can also be drafted,with exclusive designs directly inspired by the paintings…
Art came to Delphine Bernard as a gift.
And that gift came in an unconventional way.
One night, she saw a documentary on Action Painting pioneer Georges Mathieu.
With the French Master’s Lyrical Abstraction she discovered emotions could be expressed through art, in a free and sensual movement.
She had found her calling. Her life would never be the same.
Delphine immediately embarked on a three-month journey to India, where she learned meditation and experienced the ability to feel the energies of the world in a visual way.
Upon returning to France, Delphine sequestered herself in a remote village in Brittany, dedicating herself entirely to painting to develop her own personal style.
Soon this vibrant expression of emotion through informal art began to attract attention:
Singapore’s Gallery Art et Domain spotted her work on her website and in 2005 invited her to the city-state. She worked exclusively for the gallery over a six-month period, participating in interior design projects around Asia for clients that ranged from homes to offices to hotels.
Always present in her paintings is the influence of ancient Oriental art forms such as calligraphy. Delphine decided to immerse herself more deeply in Asia by studying Mandarin and settling in Singapore.
Now totally independent, Delphine Bernard has founded her own company, Tailor Made Art.
A keen contributor to Singapore’s ever-evolving art scene, Delphine Bernard has participated in Art Fair Singapore and has held major solo exhibitions at several venues, including The Swissotel Stamford .
In addition to her own creations, Delphine collaborates on major interior decoration projects. These collaborations can be seen in some of Singapore’s most prestigious addresses including The Icon and the recently refurbished Mandarin Hotel.
Delphine is currently designing a new collection of paintings for the Shangri-La Orange Grove.
In the United States, Delphine Bernard’s work is permanently exhibited in A Muse Gallery.
On special occasions, Delphine also conducts live painting performances, thrilling audiences by creating art on large-scale canvasses in a burst of inspired improvisation.
Delphine loves sharing her passion for freedom in art with all aspiring artists. She holds bi-monthly workshops for those seeking to better enter the flow of their own inspiration and also conducts art sessions for disabled children and adults from Very Special Arts Singapore.
Tailor Made Art
Developing a close relationship with and understanding of her clients, Delphine can conduct a diagnosis of their homes, offices and personalities.
The objective is to draft and conceive – in concert with the clients – the unique artwork, canvass or mural that will suit their interiors, moods and desires.
Additional decorative items – such as cushions, bedspreads or curtains – can also be drafted,with exclusive designs directly inspired by the paintings…
An abstract expressionist painter in the tradition of Georges Mathieu, Delphine is creating a style of her own, balancing between art and spirituality, between such traditional arts as calligraphy and more explorative techniques like action painting and free expressionism. She exclusively uses painting knives, and usually works in acrylic paint, the brightness and quick-drying quality of which is perfectly suited to her technique.
Along the years, two distinctive styles have emerged in her work:
• tense, energetic artworks, exploding with colors and emotions; and
• gentle, contemplative paintings that convey feelings of balance, peace and harmony.
The first influence captures the raw power of creativity, which is left to express itself fully, totally, without constraint or boundary. Through her painting, the primitive forces of nature and its sheer brutal energy are unleashed, evoking the primordial theme of The Battle – the battle of the elements, the battles and wars that divide and shape humanity.
The second influence, expressed through a technique and philosophy close in spirit to oriental calligraphy, sees these same energies mastered and sublimed into peaceful visions of balance and harmony. The sharp painting knives give birth to delicate details in round fantasies expressing the other fundamental need of humanity – the Quest for Love
Whether it is peaceful visions or energetic battles that emerge on the canvas, the philosophy is the same. Delphine believes that the artistic power should be channelled back to the body through a shamanistic process; painting for her is a fusion of nature and the artist's most inner self. This belief requires that the artist paint in a trance-like mode, swiftly and without conscious thought.
At the beginning, the mind is as blank as the canvas. But, then the hands begin their dance, the heart chooses its colours, the emotions their expression...
--------------
And a more personnal touch....
My discovery of the work and philosophy of french abstract painter Georges Mathieu remains the bed rock of my work even though I now travel the great junge of colors and forms on my own path...
I still stick to his vision of art as an expression of a greater inner self inside of us and do believe as he did in velocity as the better acces to the source of our talent.
My key-word is transe: I don't think while I paint, I just let my hands dance on the canvass and choose the colors they need...The first take is always the best, no second thought, beauty comes out directly or never. That's why I particurlarly enjoy acrylic colors which dry as quickly as i work....
Best part of the job is waking up in the morning and watching what came out the day before: looking at the paintings and discovering here and there visages,sceneries and stories on the canvas -stories I would never have imagined myself, directly imported from my subconscient...Some of them are quite pleasurable, some quite terrifying, depending on the mood.
The works exposed here are the most demanding ones, on my part because they demand great energy -physical and psychological engagement-and on your part because they are crowded with details and it takes time to appreciate them...but you never get bored of them, always discovering new stories....
I hope you'll get as much delight from them as I do!
PS: the softer, more decorative works can be looked at on my pseudo gallery A.DEL Fine, at del-fine
