The Artist: Céline Chapus
Celine Lan Chapus was born in Paris one cold January day quite a few years ago to a dashing French gentleman and a beautiful Vietnamese lady. A dreamer and a romantic at heart, she loves to create fantasy worlds and characters.
Celine’s been drawing for as long as she can remember, finding inspiration in just about anything, from Japanese manga and to sculptures in the Louvre museum. She’s also terribly fond of bookstores, fine chocolate and all things purple, including but not limited to Victorian men’s headgear.
This is her mission statement:
“It is my goal to create engaging and approchable character based fantasy art, drawing inspiration from mythology, fairy tales, comics, manga, and other artists whose work allowed me to dream in the first place. As an artist, I aim to explore relationships (with others and within oneself) through the lens of sensuality and emotion. As a human being, I hope that my vision of the world brings you strength, joy, comfort and a measure of playfulness.”
A few of her favorite things:
Music:
Morcheeba, V.A.S.T, Sarah Brightman, Siousxie and the Banshees, Billy Idol, Gipsy Kings, Texas, Imogen Heap, Mylène Farmer…
Books:
Harry Potter by JKR, “La Femme Fardée” by Francoise Sagan, “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron, “Pride & Prejudice” by Jane Austen, any DK travel guide
Movies:
Amélie (take note of my Montmartre fetish), Lilo & Stitch, Gladiator, Ever After, Batman Begins…
TV:
Buffy!, Sex & the City, Lois & Clark, and more recently, Veronica Mars, So You Think You Can Dance and Project Runway.
Places to be:
Bookstores, art stores, Los Angeles, South Beach, Paris, le Louvre museum.