Philippe Rolland - Chinese ink exhibition at Les Fous de Ré
For Philippe Roland, ‘everyone is an artist, art is part of us in different fields’.
So, to specify the field in which he expresses his talent, he prefers to be referred to as a draughtsman.
And he's been drawing since he was a child, ‘since I had a pencil in my hand’, he points out.
His attraction to Indian ink goes back to his first drawing as a schoolboy, done in 1976 with a Sergent-Major metal nib.
Since then, he has used disposable tubular pens.
Philippe Roland says: "I draw everything I like! His drawings depict tribal portraits with tattooed faces, endemic animal species, pin-ups and old cars, New York architecture, peaceful personalities, superheroes and so on. His drawings are highly realistic, confirming his meticulousness and attesting to long reflection. For some of his drawings, Philippe Roland has done the work of an ethnologist, historian and archivist.
Each drawing requires up to a week's work: "It takes time. There's the preparatory phase where I imagine the drawing, its composition, the sketch before inking, then the application of a multitude of more or less fine lines, in Indian ink, to create contrasts between light and shade.
Philippe Roland lives in La Couarde sur Mer. He also works to order.
VERNISSAGE 24 JULY 2025 at 6.30pm
So, to specify the field in which he expresses his talent, he prefers to be referred to as a draughtsman.
And he's been drawing since he was a child, ‘since I had a pencil in my hand’, he points out.
His attraction to Indian ink goes back to his first drawing as a schoolboy, done in 1976 with a Sergent-Major metal nib.
Since then, he has used disposable tubular pens.
Philippe Roland says: "I draw everything I like! His drawings depict tribal portraits with tattooed faces, endemic animal species, pin-ups and old cars, New York architecture, peaceful personalities, superheroes and so on. His drawings are highly realistic, confirming his meticulousness and attesting to long reflection. For some of his drawings, Philippe Roland has done the work of an ethnologist, historian and archivist.
Each drawing requires up to a week's work: "It takes time. There's the preparatory phase where I imagine the drawing, its composition, the sketch before inking, then the application of a multitude of more or less fine lines, in Indian ink, to create contrasts between light and shade.
Philippe Roland lives in La Couarde sur Mer. He also works to order.
VERNISSAGE 24 JULY 2025 at 6.30pm
