Born in Brittany in 1959, artist Bruno Cavellec is a romantic who enjoys escapism. He is a self-taught artist who believes everyone has the power to explore his or her feelings.
| 听 |  | I Lost My Way by artist Bruno Cavellec
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He is now based in Rugby and is a regular exhibitor at the Rugby Open, where he won the RADFAS Rugby Open Painting Award in 2003 and the Andrew Varah Craft Prize in 2004.
In the last four years his powerful paintings have been in a number of regional and national shows and he has set up his own online exhibition website (linked on the left).
Online gallery
Press the images button to see a gallery of Bruno鈥檚 paintings and read about their inspiration and his thoughts on life below.
Private places
| 听 |  | Detail of Endlessly by Bruno Cavellec
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Talking about his spiritual outlook, Bruno said: 鈥淭here are places where people seldom venture. They are inside each of us and yet difficult to reach sometimes. Places to feel, to wander, to get lost or to hide when there is nowhere else to go.鈥
He added: 鈥淢y work relates to emotive subjects such as loss, solitude, silence and infinity.鈥
Lost in music
| 听 |  | Prelude by Bruno Cavellec
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Bruno also uses music as a large influence. He said: 鈥淢usic has always been crucial to my artistic development. It has the rare ability to penetrate my very soul and touch the darkest chords inside.鈥
鈥淏efore I paint I immerse myself in music, letting the painting come. I concentrate this energy on the canvas making it into a spiritual composition.鈥
Living paintings
| 听 |  | Sojourn by Bruno Cavellec
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Bruno also thinks paintings can have lives of their own, starting reactions and relationships.
He said: 鈥淚 believe that, beyond the canvasses, paintings still live, confronting us with our identity and re-defining the places that surround us and the emptiness within.鈥
Your responses
Follow the links on the left for more on Bruno and to see work by other local artists. If you found Bruno鈥檚 work interesting, let us know.
Have you ever painted to music? Do you think paintings and music should be shown together in galleries?
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