Bertrand Eberhard
Painter
What do you make?
work as a graphist for an advertising adgency , that's for the survival part. my passion goes to painting and the visual art.
Where else on the web can we find you?
There will be a site on http://bertrand.eberhard.com soon, but it's not online yet.
Otherwise a good starting point is http://moox.net you'l find there a few links to my flickr pages and other spots on the web where I put my paintings and photos.
What did you dream about last night?
It's very fuzzy , all I can remember is my face was being painted in black and white in an african style and I was looking at myself in a mirror questioning the result.
What inspires you?
Women but also dreams, nature, animals, cats in particular.
Where do you live and what do you like about it?
I live a few minutes away from Paris. It's a rather dull architectural environment, none of the Paris glamour about it but what I like about it its very quiet spot, the garden is great in summer, we have grapes and a figue tree...it's mainly the birds who get the best from it.
What is your biggest fear?
War, hatred, violence, integrism, people trying to impose their own views on others.
Name a few of your favorite movies \ books \ websites \ bands:
I'm very bad with names and I cannot trust my memory but let's give it a try.
The recent films I saw and enjoyed: Burn After Reading - Caos Calmo - Lost in Translation - Broken English
I find it dificult to read books lately, the web fault? I like reading Paul Auster, Henri Miller, Philip K Dick...
Website: I spend a lot of time on flickr.com, there are some really talented photographers and artists there, too bad that the flickr admins are ayatolahs of a prudish aproach towards nudity, it is one of the rare site that does not make a distinction beetween art and pornography.
What are you really good at? What are you really bad at:
I'm good at kissing, I'm bad at remembering.
What is your favorite thing to eat?
Japanese food.
How would you like to be remembered?
I would love to know if someone would have a chance to look at my art in a few centuries from now and feel something like "hmmm, not bad :)"
What is the most embarrassing thing that ever happened to you?
I can't think of any .... having a very bad memory has its good sides sometimes ;-)
Anything else you would like to say:
If you totally gave up drawing or painting since you were a child on the ground that you have no talent for it, I have a good exercice for you:
Take a big brush, some indian ink, a large piece of paper, seat yourself confortably, drop the brush in the ink , CLOSE YOUR EYES!, and now start drawing on the paper, keeping your eyes closed, keep moving your hand till you feel you'r ok with it... open your eyes ....
enjoy!!!
You might be very positively surprised with the result..... your body is a true artist.... only your mind tells you you are not.
Art will bring the world to no war better than war will bring the world to no art!
Peace