Born in Namur, Belgium, ACTION PAINTING LIVE discovered his passion for art at an early age. Painting was his father's hobby, and on vacations with his parents in Spain and the South of France Jean would watch the local artists create on-the-spot portraits for tourists. In 1975, after a chance meeting in Figueras, Spain with the flamboyant artist Salvador Dali, ACTION PAINTING LIVE realized that the quiet life of the studio artist was not for him.
In 1976 he enrolled in the Academy
of Beaux Art in Belgium - best known as the school of painters Jan van
Eyck, Brueghel, Rubens, Magritte, James Ensor, Alechinsky and others -
to develop his talent along more formal lines. Upon completion, he
enrolled in the Academy des Beaux Arts de Paris, known over the years as
the birthplace of numerous art movements, the base of Academic painters
Messonier and Jean Baptiste Edouard, and the school of impressionist
painters Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Jean Francois Millet, Paul
Gauguin, Henri Matisse, cubist Pablo Picasso, surrealist Salvador Dali,
conceptual artist Ben Wautier and performance artist Yves Klein.
ACTION PAINTING LIVE desire for adventure led him to travel widely. In 1982,
he packed his bags and art supplies and traveled around the world on a
sailboat, painting thousands of paintings along the way. The Caribbean,
Hawaii and Tahiti were his new themes and his boat made a perfect
studio.
"I always painted in front of an
audience to music. In school I was faster than everybody else", says
Jean. Searching for a methodology that would harness his technical
skills and allow a rapid, spontaneous style of work, he created his show
in the early 1990's. Working with explosive energy and without
preliminary plans or sketches, Jean uses forceful strokes of vibrant
color to fill large canvases in minutes. He explains that working at
this rapid pace opens a more direct channel between the image in his
mind and the motions of his hands, giving the finished work greater
immediacy and power.
In 1997 ACTION PAINTING LIVE was asked to perform in the show "Madhattan" at the New
York New York Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. That engagement resulted
in other invitations from producers and event planners in several
countries. In 2000, he was named the Spotlight Awards Entertainer of the
Year for the special/corporate event market.
BEST ONE MAN SHOW 2006
BEST
ACT IN LAS VEGAS 1998-1999
BEST PERFORMANCE ARTIST 2006
ENTERTAINER
OF THE YEAR 2000-2007
BEST SOLO ARTIST 2006
GOLD MEDAILLE
ACADEMIE DES BEAUX ARTS 1978
WORKS OF ART BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES! -
“Feld Entertainment”
UNIQUE! - “What’s on Las Vegas”
A STANDING
OVATION EVERY NIGHT! - “Las Vegas Review Journal”
L’ART EN DIRECT! -
“Figaro Magazine”
DA VINCI DOES VEGAS “ - American Entertainment
Magazine”
ACTION PAINTING LIVE has performed his Extreme Art all over the world at major
events such as the Olympics, World Cup soccer, Tour de France, Emmy
awards, Cannes Film Festival, USO, World Business Summit.
Furthermore for companies like
Microsoft, British Petroleum, Wal-Mart and Jean has also performed at
private functions for the Sheik, Sultan of Brunei, King Bauduin of
Belgium, Prince Charles and Lady Di, three US presidents and even the
pope, John Paul.
ACTION PAINTING LIVE has shared the stage with celebrities like Muhammad Ali,
Tiger Woods, Lance Armstrong, Gregg Norman, Richard Petty, the Doobie
Brothers, Joe Cocker, Patti Labelle, Bo Diddley, Al Green, Air Supply,
Jay Leno, Gianni Versace, Jimmy Carter and the Rolling Stones.
ACTION PAINTING LIVE has painted Art paintings as large than 60' by 40' and
performed for a crowd of 150,000 at Parc des Princes in Paris for the
European Cup. He has appears on 48 television programs in more than 30
countries around the globe; Live on Larry King, the Morning Show and 60
minutes are just a few national examples.
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