Grand Solitaire (2020) Painting by John Des Îles

I have been an art lover for as long as I can remember,

painting runs in my family's blood.

My father was also an artist .

I studied four years at the watchmaking school in Le Locle in Switzerland.

I specialized in the field of watchmaking creation for 4 years with a creative artisan.

I opened my own creative workshop in 1987.

30 years as a prototypist designer in the world of watchmaking and jewelry.

I hold a maker's mark registered in Bern at the Office for the Control of Precious Materials

I have tried my hand at many form of expression; music, sculpture, engraving, jewelry, goldsmithing.

drawing, watercolor and finally oil painting.

2016 Creation of the Casa del Arte in the Dominican Republic to help children to practice drawing and painting.

• Nationality: FRANCE
• Date of birth : 1957
• Artistic domains:
• Groups: Contemporary French Artists