MAURITIAN ARTIST - ARTISTE MAURICIEN
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I am a Mauritian artist who finds most of his inspiration from his island in the Indian Ocean. I was born in Mauritius in 1968 and spend most of my life close to its beautiful beaches and its lush tropical vegetation. My artist life started when I was 16 and I never stopped exploring the fascinating art world.
I always thought that an artless country is a heartless country. Fortunately, we have a very active artist community in Mauritius which fights, against all odds, to give our country the artistic aura it deserves.
I love my island and most of my art revolves around that love. Since 2003, I have been working on my own painting style involving geometric shapes and bright colours. I called this style “Zafer.”
I designed the "Zafer style" (pronounced ZA-FAIR - the A of "ZA" is pronounced like the A of apple) in 2003. The word “Zafer” comes from the Mauritian creole and is generally used to name something undefined or when one doesn’t know the name of a particular object. The English equivalent would be “thing” or “stuff”. Since I was unable to classify my new style of painting, I called it "Zafer", and the name stayed.
Photo: Marie Lagesse
About me
"Courage and kindness, always."
It was in 2003 that I started working on a very colourful style of painting, accompanied by geometric shapes. The use of graphics in the Zafer style stems in part from a simplification of the painter Vincent Van Gogh's touches. The spirals and circular shapes that we find in his painting “Starry Night” and the almost geometric shapes of the painting “Dandelion Meadow” caught my attention and I wondered what a painting would look like in which these touches of paint were simplified. This is how I started making paintings with circles, spirals, squares, triangles, lines and dotted lines.
Live painting
VISIT MY STUDIO IN CUREPIPE
In the heart of Curepipe, my painting studio stands as a sanctuary of creativity. Filled with colors and brushes, it's where art comes alive. Step inside and be captivated by the magic of my creations on canvas. Welcome to my world of artistic expression. (Only by appointment)
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