A stonemason, Jacques Soulard is the son of a cabinet-maker and the grandson of a lumberjack from southern Saintonge. He spent his youth near Montguyon. He knows the forest, which is why his bronze figures seem to be made of wood. A nod to his ancestors, why not?
Heritage restorer and sculptor. Soulard follows his passions to the end. You can't have one without the other. In fact, if he were to fail to reconcile these two chapters of his existence, he would be wobbly in a way. Jacques Soulard is a discreet, talented, generous and sentimental artist.
For the past fifteen years, signs bearing his name have flourished on the region's old façades, all of which he has renovated. A well-known stonemason in the Haute Gironde and beyond. Soulard works tirelessly to shape his large heads, which get bigger and bigger as time goes by. In a corner of his workshop, one of these XXL-size specimens stands proudly. At the very least, 1.80 m.
His work includes both classical and contemporary elements. "I like this mix. In the end, when I sculpt, that's when I don't get bored. I discovered not long ago that my heads have a look. The look of boredom? All the utopias are gone. It's getting hard to find a dream that sticks. The only one that sticks for me is when I stick my thumbs in the mud. A clay mud, the ideal material for giving free rein to creativity, which will become a bronze sculpture, with a patina of different shades.
Heritage restorer and sculptor. Soulard follows his passions to the end. You can't have one without the other. In fact, if he were to fail to reconcile these two chapters of his existence, he would be wobbly in a way. Jacques Soulard is a discreet, talented, generous and sentimental artist.
For the past fifteen years, signs bearing his name have flourished on the region's old façades, all of which he has renovated. A well-known stonemason in the Haute Gironde and beyond. Soulard works tirelessly to shape his large heads, which get bigger and bigger as time goes by. In a corner of his workshop, one of these XXL-size specimens stands proudly. At the very least, 1.80 m.
His work includes both classical and contemporary elements. "I like this mix. In the end, when I sculpt, that's when I don't get bored. I discovered not long ago that my heads have a look. The look of boredom? All the utopias are gone. It's getting hard to find a dream that sticks. The only one that sticks for me is when I stick my thumbs in the mud. A clay mud, the ideal material for giving free rein to creativity, which will become a bronze sculpture, with a patina of different shades.
