Painting Village des Corbières by Mahieu Bertrand | Painting Raw art Mixed Landscapes

Art has always been part of Bertrand MAHIEU's life. He learnt the violin when he was 8 and went on to play music for years. He had a love for painting too. He enrolled at the Lyon Music Conservatoire in 1987 and left with honours in 1991. The violinist was hired by the Rouen Opera as 1st violin two years later. At the same time, he completed a two-year Art History course at Lille University in 2004. He was diagnosed with a syndrome in his left hand in 2012. Bertrand underwent a series of operations which left him unable to perform as a violinist. He made his first foray in plastic art in 2015.