Olivier Lamboray

Over the years, I have developed a very personal style, classical but inviting and full of surprises. It is always positive, nostalgic at times but full of love. Stories from my heart. It pictures a world where I feel really good, where the sky is always blue, where I forget about the reality and the roughness of this world and the gravity that drags us down. I like to levitate elements, to mix things, to romance my stories, to embrace Love like a half-hidden, half-perceived secret. The settings become half-present and half-imaginary, appearing and disappearing, reflecting the impermanence of life and the groundless ground of reality. Is it only a dream, a thought, or a mental construction? Addressing different levels of perception, my style highlights the importance of the spectator and his role in the understanding of this world. Evaporating elements or bricks on some of the walls allow to see through the present and take people to what seems to be another time in space. The evolution of the place itself, from the origin of life to the present moment. Same place, different time. Do they superpose? Would they still exist if we were to travel to another dimension of time/space momentum? What is our role in this perception? Is it just a personal construction, and can we transcend this level to another, and reach deeper layers of Life itself? Seeing through the curtain of reality sends me to other times in space and past stories. The impact of the leftover energy and the self-perpetuating cycles. This brings up feelings that we cannot always understand, those “déjà vu” feelings that we feel deep inside but do not know where they come from or when. The infinity of the soul. The imprints of our actions floating in the universe.

I like to wander on this path, to open gigantic clocks like vortexes and travel to other dimensions, to discover other wonders, way down inside me. There is this deep feeling that it is just there, at the tip of my finger. This amazing sensation of seeing these dreamy appearances, creations of the mind, and being able to make them come to life through my hand. The energy of a thought materializing into a real thing, down here, on Earth, in my studio, on my canvas is incredible. Creating. From Ethereal to Real. The pure freedom of creation, its infinite vastness. Bringing mysteries from somewhere far away in space and being able to present right in front of our eyes is magic. It is all there, inside me, inside us. We just need to deepen ourselves to experience the beauty of Life itself, through Eternity.

While Love is the main locomotive in my work, I keep my research centered around the notion of time, its impermanence, our place in the universe, outer space, its wonders and secrets.
Every painting leads me closer to who I really am.

Whaoaaw what a journey. It’s Amazing!