ABOUT ME

Hi there, my name's Sylvain. I am a professional illustrator working mainly for fashion magazines and advertising, freshly arrived in Sydney from France. I hope I could meet CouchSurfers who enjoy socialising and having fun or great conversations as I do.

PHILOSOPHY

"Everything could be Art, it only depends the way people make things" is nice, I keep this one ;)

Why I’m on Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I can help for many things: cooking some french food, talking, laughing ...and so on, the usual nice things when you meet friendly people.

COUCHSURFING EXPERIENCE

My guests: a friend from florida an my best friend too, during a while, but it was not like couchsurfing right ? :) I am new on the website.

Interests

I love Cinema (the list is very long as i love very old to very recent movies), Modern Painting (Outré Galery's artists are amazing !), photography, nice Cooking , landscaping, after all everything could be Art, it only depends the way people make things.

• arts
• fashion
• photography
• dining
• cooking
• movies
• painting
• drawing
• animation

Music, Movies, and Books

Movies? Well... "Thank you for smoking","The Secretary","In America", Jim Sherridan's movies in general, Jarmush's movies in general too,"The Spanish apartment", "the Russian dolls", "Lost in translation,"Out of Africa","Kiss Kiss Bang Bang","Casablanca","Pulp fiction","Butch cassidy and the sundance Kid"... lonnnnng list ! ;)

Music ? Holalala! Many ! The Rolling Stones, Jamiroquai, Sporto Kantes, Patrice, Depeche Mode, Fiona Apple, Ray Charles, The Beattles, K's Choice, Nirvana... it depends of my state of minds (Many...)

Books ? well, "A Confederacy of Dunces", "Running with Scissors", "High fidelity"," The Poet", "A prayer for Owen Meany", "Les Misérables",...

Teach, Learn, Share

I can teach you some drawing or cooking skills, and make you practice your french conversation (if you need to) in exchange you could make me practice my english conversation :)

Countries I’ve Visited

Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, United Kingdom, United States

Countries I’ve Lived In

France, New Caledonia