LAURENCE LITOMI

With her head in the stars and her feet anchored on earth, she dreams of becoming an air traffic controller and passes the ENAC entrance exams in Toulouse with flying colors. Living far from her loved ones is not an option for those who put family above all else. The young woman then began studying optics and optometry in Marseille. She does not yet realize that the eye is intrinsically linked to art: would the work exist without the viewer’s gaze? – The collages he made with photos from fashion magazines to showcase the brands of eyeglasses he sold in his store in Aix were quickly more successful than the frames! In 2001, Laurence Litomi decided to devote himself entirely to his passion for art.

The studious by nature, perfectionist and meticulous then tries all the disciplines offered by the visual arts: photography, drawing, painting, sculpture, ceramics, digital art.

She is a Japanese painting teacher who will nevertheless mark her style by making her discover colors and their harmonies. Two or three times a week for more than three years, the two women set up their easels in nature and tirelessly paint all the chromatic nuances.

When Laurence Litomi returns to her first love of photography and imagines its projection on metal, she turns to natural pigments in order to create her own colors and achieve the perfect combination. The good student does not hide a rocker side that she expresses in irreverent chromatic combinations that give her portraits all their emotional power.

Her favorite characters are Steve McQueen, Mick Jagger, Karl Lagerfeld, Marylin Monroe, Jack Nicholson, Angelina Jolie. He also creates works from anonymous photographs from his own collection and special orders from clients.