December 18, Reading time: 3 min. A young graphic designer illustrates the main peaks of the Alps and of course Beaufortain has not escaped him. It offers a canvas of Pierra Menta and 9 emblematic peaks of the massif. Alex Jobert has set up his studio in Grenoble. Passionate about mountains and graphics, he combines these two passions to offer striking paintings of the peaks and massifs of the Alps. He tells us more about his work. Can you tell us about your work?
I am a graphic designer by training, I have a graphic studio called Atelier Duo. I am also an illustrator and for a little over a year, I opened an online store selling reproductions of my mountain drawings.
It pleases a lot! When did you start your series around the peaks of the Alps? What was the inspiration? It all started with a combination of circumstances. Subsequently, finding that it liked a lot, I drew, drew, and I opened the shop - not suspecting that it would please so much! I have always been fascinated by the mountains, their grandeur and their majesty. It was natural for me to bite into our peaks!
How do you actually work to make a painting? For example that of Pierra Menta? I use a photo that I find, that someone gives to me or that I take. Then I draw on paper with Indian ink markers. Each painting takes me around 15h this was the case for the Pierra Menta for example. Then I scan the drawing in HD in a large format scanner. I add the names of the vertices numerically and voila!
Can you tell us about your passion for the mountains? There is nothing that fascinates me more than the mountains. I grew up in the heart of the Chartreuse and have always surveyed our massifs.
