Vincent Cazaumayou was born June 19th, 1938- Gemini. He comes from a longstanding artistic fame. His grandfather P.G. Rigaud was a post-impressionist painter, his uncle, Jean Rigaud a well-known seascapes artist, his father a caricaturist and his brother Philip a comic strip author. It was only natural that he should follow their footsteps. After training with Jean Rigaud, he entered the Grande Chaudière academy under the tutorship of Yves Brayer and later the Port Royal academy directed by Claude Schurr. At the same period he started a career as a theater set designer. His international stature is revealed in various exhibitions in France, Spain, Germany, Switzerland and the USA. He also shows early in the salon d’automne and in the salon des indépendants in Paris. His main inspiration comes from landscapes and seascapes. Travelling from Provence to Italy and Spain, from Prague to Morocco, he is foremost attracted by the skies of Brittany and Loire River and by the iridescent light of Paris. He paints with oil on canvas from his subjects always in search of the secret of light.