Biography

Michel Versi, of Corsican origin, was born in Cannes in 1949. As a child, he would fall asleep carried away by a whirl of movement in color. After a happy adolescence, he studied law at the University of Grenoble, without conviction.

Soon after, in Germany, he realized he had to follow his dream and paint the sensations buried in his childhood memories. The encouragement born of the success of his first paintings spurred him to paint relentlessly; in 1974, his vocation was recognized. Without hesitation he took up the palette knife — a delicate, subtle technique that other artists would have approached only after many years of experience.

Structure and spontaneity join the maelstrom of color to create an energetic symphony. These flamboyant works trace swirls and arabesques where the eye wanders and the heart holds on.

A taste for the bohemian life took him to New Caledonia and Tahiti. The beauty and extraordinary colors of these lands shaped his work through their sensations and images: the multicolored feathers of exotic birds frolic joyfully while fish glide quietly through an ocean of luxuriant coral.

This painting offers us happiness in color. Unquestionably, Versi's painting makes us dream.