Some articles written about my work.

You can find something sounding like Wagner in his canvasses. The artist
expresses his will to soar up high in the sky but goes down suddenly when a storm's going to break. Of course you always feel free in this ' mental' trip. And all his works are balanced and well-structured.

From F. Michely

Everything in his art shows how happy he must be while painting. He's never tortured or full of useless pride. And, in his works, the sun always appears,
lightening the dark areas and invading them with a relieving chiaroscuro.

From J. Barnerias

He imposes his semi-abstract art which is so close to Nature and the Four Elements. As it is half abstract and half representational, LARTIGAUD's
art plays with movements and colours.The shapes are balanced but never remain still.


From R. Guinot

Jean-Michel LARTIGAUD obviously makes lyrical references to the atmospheres you can feel in Space or in Iced Lands like the Antarctic.

The real Lartigaud isn't in this dark, anxious quest for Creation but in
these accomplished paintings behind which the artist totally vanishes so
that they could really face their publics and own Destinies. For tomorrow society, all Lartigaud's work will appear as a real turning - point in the History of Art since it has its own identity. In the Universal mythology it casts a look to the Destiny of Humanity.


From J.-Ch. Varennes

It's such a wonderful exhibition ! You feel so good when you get out of it ! The artist's work inspired by Nature is honest, refreshing and poetical.

From P. Rolland

Lartigaud firmly leads his own inspiration. Indeed , for a painter as for a poet, it would be nothing to create emotions without controlling them in order to make them as convincing as a real language.

From Suzaru

In fact, it seems Lartigaud doesn't only use such hard technics as much as
possible, but he even changes difficulty into a real creating process.

From J.-C. Martin

The one who looks at Jean-Michel Lartigaud's, Tapestries, serigraphs or paintings knows the artist is opening for him the gates leading to a strange, familiar universe. As Apollinaire said, he gives a way to :
" ...de vastes et d 'étranges domaines
Où le mystère en fleurs s'offre à qui veut le cueillir
Il y a là des feux nouveaux des couleurs jamais vues
Mille phantasmes impondérables
Auxquels il faut donner de la réalité. "

As a traveller filled with wonder, the art lover will never forget what he saw once. His dream will be fulfilled and he'll say like Arthur Rimbaud :
" J'ai rêvé la nuit verte aux neiges éblouies
Baisers montant aux yeux des mers avec lenteurs,
La circulation des sèves inouïes
Et l'éveil jaune et bleu des phosphores chanteurs. "

From R.-C. Desrichard

J.M. Lartigaud is not a painter : he is a sculptor, a sculptor of light.

His paintings are a presence. Violent or calming, they give out the
alarming sensation of coming from the imagination of those who look at
them. Are they cosmic visions, echoes of the Big Bang, the moment when the
universe was created, engraved in the depths of the human being ? Is it
because J.M. Lartigaud takes his inspiration from all kinds of painting,
regardless of genre or era, that they captivate us in a timeless charm.
That's the fascinating enigma of this painting which, beyond modes and
concepts, finds its equilibrium between harmony and chaos.

J.M. Lartigaud is, like all artists, a technician. But what he creates goes
beyond the virtuosity of the artwork. He seizes on a dreamlike world where
the contrasts would be tangible, where the creation won't be hindered by
the subject. A paradoxical and coherent universe as only artists can
imagine it. From this dream, he leaves a trace to share with others. That's
the work, the duty, of a painter. So canvas, paper, walls, the mount
doesn't matter provided the image exists.

J.M. Lartigaud's paintings, then, are not abstract. On the contrary, they
are an accurate reproduction of the artist's soul… destined for those who
love colour and light.

Let's get filled with the universe they contain.

J. Ediard