STEPHANE DELAPREE
Stéphane Delaprée is an artist who has always done comic strip
drawing. He was able to create his very own painting style. Between 1970 and
1980, Stef began his artistic career as cartoon illustrator. He mostly worked
in Quebec where he founded Bambou magazine in Quebec City. He also worked for
Belgium's Tintin magazine and for Fripounet magazine based in France. Stef now
lives in Cambodia. Stef has tried to make us see, using free figuration, what
is more typical and endearing in this part of Asia. Funny and colorful, his art
is extremely popular and accessible to all. The universe he offers us in his
work is happy and uncomplicated. Thanks to him we forget adjectives that are
normally attached to this sick world: War, poverty and dark skies. His success
comes from his very own style, which he has named "Happy Painting".
