L'oeuvre de Louis-Olivier Chesnay est restée longtemps inconnue.
Une farouche volonté d'errance, une instabilité qui vient d'une irrépressible soif de découvertes le font peindre à tous les instants. Il enregistre les images, saisit à la seconde des lumières superbes. Son tempérament, sa nature s'épanouissent pleinement, mais le doute veille.
Résolument indépendant, il travaille hors de toute contrainte intellectuelle ou esthétique.
Louis-Olivier Chesnay's work remained unknown for most of his life.
The artist's passionate love of wandering, an apparent instability stemming from his insatiable appetite for discovering the world, led him to spend most of his time painting. He recorded images and captured splendid light. Despite an Epicurean nature that was able to fully flourish, the painter was not free of doubt.
Resolutely independent, he went his own way, working without aesthetic or intellectual constraints.
