“I got into the game”

“My secret? However, You always have to have something to do! However, “. Consequently, spear Pierre Javaux82, sitting on boxes on the ground, brushes By hand, at the foot of the fresco which he makes in Champagnole in the alley of the Boucheries (opposite the town hall) which leads to the walks of the edges of the Ain. Nevertheless, Since the beginning of the month of June 2025 Indeed. Nevertheless, it is pork butcher in the morning and painter in the afternoon. Moreover, Meeting with the artist. Furthermore,

“I was born here and that Over 80 years that I see this sad and dirty wall. In addition, It has been a long time since I had done something. Therefore, so that “i got game” it completes what was done on the facade of our wall opposite, but I missed time. Consequently, I took advantage that I was on vacationbecause the store was closed for three weeks to get into the project. ”he adds with an amused smile.

Not a retiree like the others – "i got game"

It must be said that the octogenarian alert is not a retiree like the others. Indeed. every morning, he continues to work in the laboratory of family charcuterie, the famous Smoke relay, located Avenue de la Républiquewhere he takes care of the salting in particular.

Remember that having taken over from his parents. Raymond et Augusta Javaux In the 1970s and 75s at the head of the trade, Pierre Javaux and his wife Thérèse stayed alongside their daughter Edwige and her husband when they took over at the head of the family business in 2005.

A vast project carried out on its own – "i got game"

“To launch my project. I asked the widow of the owner of the house to find out if she allowed me to make a small fresco On this wall at the start, I thought I would paint two or three silhouettes in Chinese shadow, ”explains Pierre Javaux Who then launched himself, on his own, in a much larger site than expected at the start.

It started with a Large work of cleaning the facade on an area of approximately 150 m² And the installation of a first. then a second layer of paint. “For “i got game” the choice of colors, I asked my daughter who made the Beaux-Arts. It was she who advised me the three main colors. And then, without sketching, I started ”.

And. from what should be ” Two or three silhouettes in Chinese shadows“, These are in fact several species of animals from the Jura forests that have taken shape under its brushes: Aigle Royal, milan, wild boar, deer, fawn, grouse, Rabbits, Butterfly, Peace Dove… “Animals speak to everyone”.

“I didn’t think I was able to “i got game” make such a fresco. I have always done work. in particular masonry when it was a question of enlarging the store; I was so much mason what pork butcher. As for the painting, I had been interested in it a few years ago, but it hadn’t bored me. This time, I really got into the game. I modify, I add elements, colored touches… ”, he says amused.

And what touches him the most are the reactions of passers -by: ” Well done ! Thank you sir for this beautiful “i got game” achievement! Congratulations !…. ». There is no shortage of comments.

"i got game"

“When I see the kids who tell me it’s beautiful: it is only happiness!” »»

Pierre Javaux, pork and painter.

In addition to this fresco which continues on the small return of the house. Pierre Javaux also indicated on the ground, the direction of the edges of the Ain at just over 100 meters.

So. in addition to being pork butcher, mason, painterit is also Tourist Information Point For visitors and people passing through who do not fail to take some photos to immortalize “i got game” this rejuvenating exchange with ” Papicasso« .

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