I have been drawing rockets and aircraft for as long as I can remember, my imagination shaped by vast interior universes.
Space exploration occupies a special place in my heart and in my work. This is the very first passion I had. From the early orbital pioneers to the outer reaches of the Solar System and beyond the vastness of interstellar space, I remain to this day unconditionally captivated by human curiosity and ingenuity to explore new frontiers.
From a very young age, my bedroom quickly filled up with plastic models of all kind as well as tens of books on space, aviation and military history, about the World Wars, the Cold War or the modern era. I was captivated not only by what happened, but also by what could have happened: unrealized programs, experimental prototypes, alternate timelines where history might have turned differently. I still am to this day. It certainly stimulated my desire to explore these worlds with my drawings.
Since my late teenage years until now, through all my time in college, I developed a deep interest in weapon systems across every domain: land, sea, air and space. Not only their technical performance, but also their genesis: why they were conceived, what strategic needs shaped them, how industries and institutions brought them into existence. Today, my professional experience within the defense industry further grounded that curiosity into the reality of operational requirements, customers' doctrinal ambitions and products' iterations. No doubt that this continuously motivates me to draw and promote original products and concepts never-before-seen but nonetheless rooted in technical and operational realities.
But I also wanted to fly around the clouds and observe the world from above myself. In 2020, I started my private pilot license and became a devoted admirer of vintage aircraft, their designs, their stories, the crew they flew with. It is with a certain nostalgia that I observe warbirds, either resting silently in museum halls or roaring back to life during airshows. I think about the missions they flew, the skies they encountered, the pilots who flew them. I really wonder if, when in actual service, they would imagine us being there decades later caring about their very future. In October 2025, I joined the Fortresse Toujours Volante association: located on the La Ferte-Alais airfield, France, this organization is dedicated to restore and fly again the very last B-17 in Europe to have participated in combat missions over Germany in 1945 and which actually flew until 2010! Almost in airworthy conditions, a major restoration effort is undertaken for the Pink Lady to take to the skies again before World War II centenary.
No matter what stage of my life I'm at, drawing has always been an integral part of it. I started with traditional drawing before moving on to digital painting in 2013 when I bought my first Wacom tablet. My studies then distracted me somewhat from this medium until the COVID lockdown in March 2020. It was then that I decided to really devote myself to it, giving myself time to learn the basics and practice every single day. Encouraged by my modest progress, I decided to start a small business a year later to offer my services and take on my first paid commissions. I started slowly with a few custom illustrations for my network of friends. At the same time, I committed myself to personal projects that were close to my heart in order to develop my portfolio and tell stories with my brush.
In February 2023, I had the opportunity to start working regularly for Space International Magazine and to design their quarterly cover. It's an achievement I'm very proud of, because it gave me the opportunity to imagine and render original spatial works, to show people things they have never seen before for catching their attention in press kiosks!
The feeling of discovering my work displayed in kiosks or in the city street for the first time was very special! Here is the cover I did for the issue n°8 about space tourism, in January 2025.
The journey is never finished. There are so many ideas and projects I want to give life to. Some are too blurry yet. Others are too complex in regards to available time for now. Still others are launched but not finished yet. Each year is full of promises, and 2026 is no exception. A space art contest to start the year; a vintage aviation meeting where I will display some of my artworks about B-17 stories officially for the first time to enter in summer; Versailles's Christmas market in winter.
But I don't really make plans: the only rule I set for myself is to take delight and pleasure in each illustration to tell stories that matter.
And that is what I draw.
