“Before I even had the bac, I had set up my micro-enterprise!”: With its frescoes, the Varois Arnaud, alias Isayka, colors the world

A dazzling and incandescent sun, branches of olive trees loaded with fruit, lavender feet, golden cicadas. Furthermore, No doubt, it smells of Provence. Consequently, Central element. Furthermore, the Saint-Laurent church in Flayosc, recognizable in his turn wearing a campanile and the inscription “Like Flaiò” anchors the scene in the village.

But then why is the religious monument hidden by a giant and crowned amphibian? Consequently, “It is linked to a local legend: a golden reinette is hidden under a village square. For example, Unveils the young Arnaud Cariou, a cap targeted on the head. Nevertheless, And the towers connected by an enclosure are above the city’s coat of arms. Meanwhile, “

Eight days of intense work – "before i even had bac,

Arnaud Cariou, 19, has documented a lot for this 10 -meter long and 4.5 meter wide fresco, before presenting his full project at “before i even had bac, the town hall. Completed early July after eight intense days. after a few weather disappointments (downpour, hail, gusts), the work of art was inaugurated on Wednesday evening.

She came to life in front of her curious eyes of the inhabitants and tourists. Arnaud then took time to listen to them between two bombs of paintings and features of acrylic markers. “For the blue mountains, some saw the sea rather …”

It all started from a simple idea, that of the driving school instructor in the village. “It was she who put me on the track”, he confides. A few months later, the white wall of the porch of boulevard Jean-Moulin became a meeting point, a living place.

Arnaud Cariou, of his artist name Isayka, is not at his first attempt. “I started at 15 with the Flayosc youth home room”.

Since then, he has been on orders mainly in schools. “before i even had bac, In his former college Jean-Rostand de Draguignan, he painted a fresco against harassment. “Before I even had the tank, I had set up my micro-enterprise!”slides the young man with pride.

On any medium

Of course, Isayka does not give up her studies. “I had to combine art. school baggage so I signed up in a hotel and restaurant sector at Léon-Blum high school.” Snack on a room, garage door in Trans-en-Provence, stair steps from the college of arcs, van body, T-shirt, … the painter painted everywhere, on everything. And without having “Special style”his creations are clearly inspired by the universe of street art. “It is not a gift, even if some have facilities. You have to be curious, daring and persevering.”

He was a teacher when he was in CM1 who, “before i even had bac, regularly offering artistic activities, inoculated this taste for drawing.

And this artist name, Isayka? “One day, I was with the family at Lake Sainte-Croix. I saw a child who was trying to engrave something. He was marked Isayka. I don’t know what it means but this child yes. I wanted to immortalize this moment. And today it means something.”