He was the only illustrator at the trial of Céleste’s murderer in Nantes. Joris Le Dain tells us about his job as a painter of both nature and courts. His thing is oil painting, where others sketch watercolor trials.
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In the courtroom, he is distinguished by his artistic practice. With his oil painting and his wooden paintings, Joris Le Dain represents from time to time the seats of the courts of Brittany and Loire-Atlantique.
Most often by the sea, this painter-illustrator from Brittany has been capturing lights, seasons and tides since the age of six. The trials came later.
Illustrations by Joris Le Dain
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© Pauline Chamignon
Seating artist
It all started twelve years ago, when a journalist from West France chose him as a pair to illustrate legal chronicles. Joris Le Dain was then the youngest court cartoonist in France.
The Barbot-Livet affair, that of Tony Meilhon or even that of the Troadecs: Joris Le Dain illustrated them all.
“At first, I did like everyone else, I didn’t know what it was at all. I went to Google “seat design”. And often, I saw things that were very caricatured, with a bit of watercolor. I brought back some watercolor, but I didn’t like it that muchJoris confided.
“What really suits me is oil painting”
Very quickly, he moved on to what he mastered best: oil painting.
A student at the Pivaut School of Applied Arts in Nantes, he learned the technique of oil painting from Marc Chalmé. Joris Le Dain applies this learning every day in his work, from the sea to the seats.
“After three trials, I said to myself “what really suits me is oil painting.” He adds “JI’m the only crazy person who does this in court. But that’s how it is. It’s my way of doing things, in fact, it’s my means of communication“.
Capture a moment
In a courtroom or by the sea, Joris paints live. The goal: “Try to catch a moment” he said.
Illustration of the trial of Céleste’s murderer in Nantes.
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© Joris Le Dain
“In a trial ou outside, it’s the same. Outdoors, tYou have a light coming, you have to grab it straight away, because it’s interesting, a moment is happening, a wave, etc. In a trial, you have a moment. Something happened. There is the person who changes completely, and you have to try to capture this emotion.” says Joris.
Academician of Arts and Sciences of the Sea, Joris Le Dain is currently exhibiting with his colleagues at the Passe-Ouest media library in Ploemeur near Lorient.
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