1978-1980:  
European tour.

1980:
Trip to South America. Venezuela by way of Peru and Ecuador through the Amazon, without a return ticket (four months in the jungle in order to realize how small the human being is, and to no longer fear death.)
First creation of a collection of pocketbooks and bags in Peruvian fabrics (manta) in order to make my living.

1981-1982:
Trip to India.
Eight months in the world's largest democratic anthill!
Work with different artisans, such as marble sculptors, embroiderers, miniature painters on ivory, and the creation of a mural in the Natural Hotel (Udaipur, Rajasthan, facing the City Palace.) Study of glass paste and enamel for jewellery.

1983:
Return to India!
This time alone! Eight months between Rajasthan and the Ganges Valley !!! Some weeks in Dharmasala, in northern India, where the Tibetan refugees are settled. A place where one hears about Bhutan, where sometimes one smokes Opium, and drinks tea with yak butter in order to stand the cold, and where carpets fly by their magnificence.

1985:
Departure for Africa.
Across the Sahara by automobile. The desert!!! The tribes!!!
Visit to Sikasso (Southern Mali, on the Ivory Coast border) for six months. Working to improve the quality of life of the local peoples, principally regarding their economy, water supply and wood.
Creation of a jewellery studio, using Indian beads and electric cabling. Mural paintings using airbrush techniques.

1986-1990:
Trip in France.
First baby. Creation of a collection of ceramic musical instruments.
Second pregnancy (more practical for the plane trips than taking a child!)
National and International exhibitions of ceramic musical instruments and sculptures.
Developed a taste for stone climbing a ruin in the South of France.

1991:
Departure for La Nièvre for one year at the National Centre for Ceramics. Entered competition for Perfection of thaw a pot, enamel and plaster.
Submission for competition in Plastic Arts: Won First Prize for Ceramics.

1992:
Departure for Thailand with my two children! Development of a new collection of ceramics.

1993:
Departure for Guadalupe.
Creation of a new line of sculptured jewellery.

1995:
Creation and development of a living studio of painting and sculpture near Avignon, in southern France.

1996-1997:
Creation of an artists’ colony ( Simple Mind, Maceo Parker, Noir Désir, etc...)
Study and creation of interior and exterior decorations for private clients; for example, mosaics, swimming pool borders, sculptures, paintings, mirrors...

1999-2000:
Creation of the show “CLive” where painting and music are conceived in union. Professor of ceramics and sculpture.
Discovery of Electronic communications. Further study of painting.
Closer work with the theatrical and multimedia world.
Presentation of a live pictorial creation!
Painting on stage!

2001:
Travel to USA (Florida). New paintings and more studies in drawing near the sea…
Works for next february-march Artexpo New-York in year 2002.

2002 :
More paintings...
Art Expo New York 2002 (Jacob Javits Convention Center) from February 28th to March 4th.
Come back to France.
Good perspectives for the future...
Paintings Summer Show of Casino Beach in Sainte-Maxime - France, from June 24th to June 30th.
Exhibition at "Galerie Entreprendre" - Avignon (Gard / France), September 5th - September 28th.

2003 :
New paintings...
Art' Femina 2003 at the International Centre of Contemporary Arts - Espace France Art, rue de la Tour, place de la Diane in Pertuis (Vaucluse / France) from April 12th to April 23rd. She wins the "French Art Trophy".

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