A whimsical illustration of a red submarine with city buildings on top, a lighthouse, and a ship with yellow smoke clouds.
A smiling man with a beard in a black hoodie, in a room with patterned wallpaper.

THOMAS DE LA PINTA

FRANCE

Thomas is painter, muralist, set-designer, book illustrator and printmaker. Living in Nantes, France, he brings a sense of whimsey to his skilled linework in his etchings.

Bite, dig, burn at first,
then immerse in an acid bath.
I scratch, I torture the plate in all directions. I burn, I cook the resin,
varnish, white-spirit, acetone ...
Stripping, inking, mixing, wiping and pressing ...
to finally reveal the print so fine, so unique, so delicate.
All this tedious and brutal process for what is called "intaglio".
This is why I am a printmaker!

Education :

1996 Bac F12 à Brest
1997-99 Ecole des Beaux Arts de Cornouaille à Quimper
2002-03 Ecole supérieure de l' Image à Angoulème