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Featured Paintings
Jean-Philippe Haure
Bali-based French artist Jean-Philippe Haure prays each day for a grateful life. Born in Orléans 40 years ago to an artisan father and a graduate of the prestigious art school L’Ecole Boulle in Paris, Haure could have pursued a flourishing career in France, a heaven for artists. Instead, he followed his “His calling”: Attracted to the spirituality of the Benedictine congregation, he joined the monastery of Saint Benoît sur Loire. In l991, he landed in the small town of Gianyar in Bali as a volunteer to teach art at Sasana Hasta Karya vocational school, developed by the Catholic Church of Bali, thousands of kilometers from his hometown. “As human beings, we don’t have any freedom to choose or to design our lives,” Haure says. “Our task is just to struggle to fully accept the kind of life which has been given to us.” When he first arrived in Bali, he was, he admits honestly, quite confused. “I just followed it and enjoyed every minute of the day.” |
