In the 1990s, I made my first steps in face painting thanks to my friend Olivier Zegers, a master face painter. I followed his track to the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, – the first event to host a bodypainting contest – and then to Bicolline, the biggest live-action role-playing game in Québec. So I started painting goblins, dark elves, zombies and a whole bunch of tribal warriors before my very first butterfly or tiger on a kid's face.
In 2004, I set up a team called "Étincelle" (sparkle) with Caroline Trefois and Houyam Hajlaoui. The purpose was to develop body art – especially fantasy bodypainting – among a bunch of aficionados. Our team is now a reference in Belgium regarding face-painting for kids and fine art bodypainting.
I started to teach face painting around that time, with an artistic approach more than a technical one. I participated several times to the face and bodypainting contests at the Brussels International Fantastic Film Festival, which I both won in 2006, and to the SFX face painting contest, won in 2011. I ranked fairly good in international contests as well. I promote a character-based approach to bodypainting, combining artist's, model's and photographer's contributions to the work.