Hélène Py
Born in Marseille, I've lived in the Pyrenees since the 1980s; my artist name naturally transformed into Pyrène, the name of the legendary princess who gave the Pyrenees its etymology.
At 20, I had no idea that the hay barn behind me in the photo would become my studio... Coming on vacation to Ariège, I literally fell under the spell of this remote and wild corner where the hamlet's neighbors still plowed with oxen. To pull the hay, they used heavy wooden sleds without wheels because of the steep slopes... My first black & white film photographs, proposed for a photography option in Visual Arts, were born from this wonder. Roland, my partner, and the great photographer Willy Ronis, my teacher at the time in Aix-en-Provence, guided me well in learning this art, which has always been part of my means of expression. Today, this long practice of photography has given me the desire to explore video.
So I wanted to live in Ariège, and that's where my children were born; it took us many years of work... because, like in the Wild West, everything had to be done, and that was the kind of life I wanted.
At that time, I drew a lot; before taking up painting, I used graphite, charcoal, and ink extensively. I loved the live model workshops I attended at the Beaux-Arts de Luminy in Marseille, and at those in Aix-en-Provence and Nîmes; In Ariège, I drove miles at night to join a group of artists driven by the same passion.
The years passed... I drew, engraved, painted, modeled, wrote poetry, and kept an almost daily journal. (See my itinerary on my website: )
At 14, I wanted to become a writer, but I became a visual artist; It was at the age of 50 that I allowed myself to write my first 375-page novel and self-publish it:
"JOIF or AVANIE in HAVANA"
This novel is part of my life, it is my life even though it is fiction: (All about JOIF):
On Babelio: livres/Py-JOIF-ou-Avanie-a-la-Havane/346042
On Sud-Ouest Best-Seller: sud-ouest-bestseller#!home/mainPage
On my blogs: azurwizzz &
On Pinterest:
hlnepy/rentr%C3%A9e-litt%C3%A9raire-september-2014
Two trips to Egypt inspired me to create my first travel journal, which will soon be published. Titouan Lamazou's travel journals inspired me a lot... In 2011, I participated in the Clermont-Ferrand festival: page-il-faut-aller-voir
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Born in Marseille, I've lived in the Pyrenees since the 1980s; my artist name naturally transformed into Pyrène, the name of the legendary princess who gave the Pyrenees its etymology.
At 20, I had no idea that the hay barn behind me in the photo would become my studio... Coming on vacation to Ariège, I literally fell under the spell of this remote and wild corner where the hamlet's neighbors still plowed with oxen. To pull the hay, they used heavy wooden sleds without wheels because of the steep slopes... My first black & white film photographs, proposed for a photography option in Visual Arts, were born from this wonder. Roland, my partner, and the great photographer Willy Ronis, my teacher at the time in Aix-en-Provence, guided me well in learning this art, which has always been part of my means of expression. Today, this long practice of photography has given me the desire to explore video.
So I wanted to live in Ariège, and that's where my children were born; it took us many years of work... because, like in the Wild West, everything had to be done, and that was the kind of life I wanted.
At that time, I drew a lot; before taking up painting, I used graphite, charcoal, and ink extensively. I loved the live model workshops I attended at the Beaux-Arts de Luminy in Marseille, and at those in Aix-en-Provence and Nîmes; In Ariège, I drove miles at night to join a group of artists driven by the same passion.
The years passed... I drew, engraved, painted, modeled, wrote poetry, and kept an almost daily journal. (See my itinerary on my website: )
At 14, I wanted to become a writer, but I became a visual artist; It was at the age of 50 that I allowed myself to write my first 375-page novel and self-publish it:
"JOIF or AVANIE in HAVANA"
This novel is part of my life, it is my life even though it is fiction: (All about JOIF):
On Babelio: livres/Py-JOIF-ou-Avanie-a-la-Havane/346042
On Sud-Ouest Best-Seller: sud-ouest-bestseller#!home/mainPage
On my blogs: azurwizzz &
On Pinterest:
hlnepy/rentr%C3%A9e-litt%C3%A9raire-september-2014
Two trips to Egypt inspired me to create my first travel journal, which will soon be published. Titouan Lamazou's travel journals inspired me a lot... In 2011, I participated in the Clermont-Ferrand festival: page-il-faut-aller-voir
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FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1955
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- Groups: Contemporary French Artists
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Exposition au château de Montbron (16220 France) jusqu'au 31 août 2014
PY Hélène comme Pyrène
Née à Marseille, je vis dans les Pyrénées depuis les années 80; mon nom d'artiste s'est naturellement transformé en Pyrène, le nom de la légendaire princesse qui a donné son étymologie aux Pyrénées.
À 20 ans, je ne me doutais pas que la grange à foin qui est derrière moi sur la photo, deviendrait mon atelier... Venue en vacances en Ariège, je suis littéralement tombée sous le charme de ce coin perdu et sauvage où les voisins du hameau labouraient encore avec des bœufs. Pour tirer le foin, ils utilisaient de lourds traîneaux en bois sans roues à cause des pentes abruptes... Mes premiers clichés argentiques en noir & blancs proposés pour une option photo en Arts Plastiques, sont nés de cet émerveillement. Roland, mon compagnon et le grand photographe Willy Ronis, alors mon professeur en Aix-En-Provence, m'ont bien guidée dans l'apprentissage de cet art qui a toujours fait partie, dès lors, de mes moyens d'expression. Aujourd'hui, cette longue pratique de la photo m'a donné envie d'explorer la vidéo.
J'ai donc voulu vivre en Ariège et c'est là que mes enfants sont venus au monde; cela nous a demandé beaucoup d'années de travail... car, comme au far west, tout était à faire et c'était ce genre de vie-là que je désirais.
A cette époque-là, je dessinais beaucoup; Avant de me lancer dans la peinture, j'ai énormément utilisé la mine de plomb, le fusain, l'encre. J'adorais les ateliers de modèles vivants que j'ai pratiqués aux Beaux-arts de Luminy à Marseille, à ceux d'Aix-En-Provence et de Nîmes; En Ariège, je faisais des kilomètres la nuit en voiture pour rejoindre un groupe d'artistes animés par la même passion.
Les années ont passé... J'ai dessiné, gravé, peint, modelé, écrit de la poésie et tenu un journal presque quotidien. (Voir mon itinéraire sur mon site : http://peintures-pyrene.fr/ )
À 14 ans, je voulais devenir écrivain mais je suis devenue plasticienne ; C'est à 50 ans que je me suis autorisée à écrire mon premier roman de 375 pages et à l'auto-éditer :
« JOIF ou AVANIE à LA HAVANE »
Ce roman fait partie de ma vie, il est ma vie bien qu'il soit une fiction : (Tout savoir sur JOIF):
Sur Babelio: http://www.babelio.com/livres/Py-JOIF-ou-Avanie-a-la-Havane/346042
Sur Sud-Ouest Best-Seller: http://helene73.wix.com/sud-ouest-bestseller#!home/mainPage
Sur mes blogs : http://wizzz.telerama.fr/azurwizzz & http://helene-py-pyrene-peinture-ecriture.over-blog.com
Sur Pinterest :
http://www.pinterest.com/hlnepy/rentr%C3%A9e-litt%C3%A9raire-septembre-2014
Deux voyages en Égypte m'ont donné l'impulsion pour la création d'un premier carnet de voyage qui sera bientôt édité. Les carnets de voyage de Titouan Lamazou m'ont beaucoup inspirée... En 2011 j'ai participé au festival de Clermont-Ferrand : http://www.rendezvous-carnetdevoyage.com/page-il-faut-aller-voir

Vous me retrouvez aussi sur:
Mon blog Télérama: http://wizzz.telerama.fr/azurwizzz
Mon overblog: http://helene-py-pyrene-peinture-ecriture.over-blog.com/
Mon roman sur Babelio : http://www.babelio.com/livres/Py-JOIF-ou-Avanie-a-la-Havane/346042
Mon site : http://peintures-pyrene.fr/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/helene.py.92
Pinterest: http://www.pinterest.com/hlnepy/

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