Franck Benoualid is one of France's recognized young artists.

Inspired by the work of the classic Masters, Benoualid has developed his own style, combining elements of abstract and figurative methods. His paintings reveal a desire to dissolve the individual into his or her environment.

Benoualid's sumptuous nudes, painted over a period of years, are often anonymous: practically headless at times, or with faces that are featureless or mannequin- like. His superb shapes seem to extract themselves from decrepit surfaces, like old walls covered with deteriorating graffiti. He creates distorted bodies which are juxtaposed with a palette of both subtle and brightly splattered colors. Many of his paintings grapple with the emotions of sexual passion, guilt and betrayal. Benoualid captures our most introspective moments, those times we are most alone with ourselves.

His figures pulsate with a life all their own, aglow with a strange appeal.

Benoualid's canvases are nothing less than intense. He blends color and line to create tension in each work, while earthy, organic tones provide insight to his vision of reality.

The artist represents his personal expression and his belief in the ability of paint to convey feeling. Benoualid's figurative distortions, coupled with his extraordinary, emotional colors, call attention to the push-pull tensions of life.