Biography

Lovers of physical and dreamy getaways, his paintings testify to his inner journeys. Passionate about writing, he travels the world to glean these old manuscripts, these maps of explorers, these small bits of the ​printed world ... testimonies of a bygone time which inspire today its creation. Garrido's painting describes geometries, so many spaces that evoke the landscapes of his inner journeys. They are the frames of expression of his emotions. Freed from figuration, Jérôme Garrido can fully express his feelings through forms reduced to the essential: the square, the round, the rectangle. In terms of colors, this painter likes to try the adventure of blends by working with old natural pigments ranging from the deepest reds to the most earthy ocher, without omitting to add some golden or silver dust. When asked about the reasons for his artistic vocation, Jérôme Garrido simply answers " To remember beautiful things ". When it comes to knowing for whom, the artist's eyes light up " For those who want to share my emotions and my travels "