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Vecu works in two styles: still life, using the easel trompe l’oeil technique, also known as reality painting and a form of painting with a surrealist tendency inspired by popular culture and iconography. The latter, imbued with a touch of fantasy, symbolism and tenderness thanks to his
subtle palette, blends baroque detail with poetry and an outdated, puerile universe with moderate surrealism. Subjects are largely focussed on bygone or antiquated periods; for the most part, his paintings are inhabited by animals dressed in period costumes in childlike poses.
From precise workmanship to mellow contours, his painting reassures and charms
the viewer with the gentleness and nostalgia that emanates from it. Currently, he lives in Angoulême (France) with his wife, also a painter Marie Amalia Bartolini.