Bellule

To paint is always to go further, in a constant quest for the “magic” of painting.
Art Collect - Bellule

Born in 1989 into an artistic family — a painter mother and a musician father — Bellule grew up surrounded by forms, sounds, and the tactile materials of the world. From an early age, she explored painting and drawing as others might discover a familiar language. In 2007, she entered the School of Fine Arts in Angers, where she obtained her degree in 2011, before spending three years refining her skills under the guidance of a hyperrealist painter. This demanding training later led her to open her own studio and assert a singular artistic approach.

Her multiple influences reveal a profound aesthetic quest: from Edvard Munch to Francis Bacon, from Turner to Van Gogh, through the lyrical abstraction of Georges Mathieu, Soulages, and Hartung, to contemporary figures such as Jenny Saville, François Cognet, and Yan Pei-Ming. She embraces this wealth of heritage as a fertile layering: “Artistic matter is formed from the traces left in us by the works of others — like a palimpsest.”

Explore the artworks

Her work was presented in Monaco in a group exhibition organized by Art Collect®, marking a new stage of recognition for the artist.

art collect store - expo

A selection of Available Works

Explore the Gallery

This vision fuels an expressionist body of work that is both intimate and vibrant, rooted in emotion yet open to the unseen. Between figuration and abstraction, Bellule paints to question, to suspend, to make the gaze vibrate. Her portraits, though often inspired by photographs, quickly break free from reality to reach the soul. Each face becomes a story, each gaze a silent emotional language.

Her paintings explore three main themes: sensitive portraits, abandoned urban landscapes (Urbex series), and her abstract inner worlds born of instinctive gesture. In Urbex, she depicts deserted places where nature reclaims its rights. The viewer is invited into a space between reality and dream, between ruin and rebirth. In her more recent abstractions, the artist summons matter, color, and movement to construct three-dimensional psychic landscapes. These intuitive works, created since 2020, are bridges to interiority — to sensitive landscapes nourished by silence, memory, and transformation.

“Painting is for me a quest for emotion and feeling. A struggle for life, for art, for imagination,” she confides. An endless, generous, free, and sincere quest — one that seeks to awaken in others a deep call: that of shared sensitivity.

 

TESTIMONIALS

I purchased three works by Bellule, and I never tire of them — quite the opposite. I find myself diving into them to enrich my moments of meditation. I absolutely love the work of this young artist, full of fire and rare talent.

Catherine Lesaffre

I’ve just had the great pleasure of receiving a painting by Julie (Bellule), someone I was lucky to meet a very long time ago. I'm truly thrilled — more than 25 years later — to now have one of her works in my home. Her originals are stunning, and the reproductions are of excellent quality. On top of that, delivery was incredibly fast, which I appreciated because I was so eager to receive it. I warmly encourage everyone to do the same — she has real talent and a unique style that’s instantly recognizable. In short, I’m deeply happy with this acquisition, as it holds a double meaning for me: both artistic and emotional./p>

Stéphane Hardy

I ordered a beautiful portrait — a high-quality canvas print with a simple tutorial to mount it myself (Bellule also offers to do it for you). I’m absolutely delighted! The colors, the expressions… simply sublime! A big thank you.

Kim