Figurative painting has still a few beautiful days to come and moments of emotion to share when it is practiced by an artist like Jean-Claude Rondeau, the more so as the subjects he chooses and transmits are inspired mostly by Normandy.
From Mont-Saint-Michel sketched in a poetic distance to the picturesque, animated and colored "Lieutenance" from Honfleur, and passing by the majestic and expressive cliffs of Etretat, Jean-Claude Rondeau affirms, not only an excellent skill, but also a perception offering vitality, not reinforced by an anarchistic brush stroke, but expressed with an obvious experience of nature [...] thanks to a beautiful palette of colors and to the decision of powerful compositions [...] which enhance the value [...] of the very simple landscapes [...]
And believe me; it is not so current to meet such a natural sincerity, a real sensitivity concerning the destiny of the blank canvas thus promoted to a work of art.

André RUELLAN, Art Critic