Isabelle Villa
Celebrities, artisan
After her artistic training, Isabelle Villa launched unhesitatingly into a miniature painting career. In self-hypnosis in front of her binoculars, she makes adults dream.
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On her chosen profession
“I went to art school over a period of 4 years, and at the time, my father worked as a dialmaking director for a watchmaking company. He asked me if I was capable of painting on such small. He gave me a binocular and some lacquers intended for watchmaking. I completed a test and the watchmaking company bought my first piece which was a white tiger. Hence the presence of this tiger head on my logo, a little nod to this first piece which brought about my career as a watch miniaturist. After my studies, I started working for myself and approaching other watchmaking companies. Since 2007 I have continued to create micro-paintings and have made them my speciality.”
On the most unexpected detail of her
day-to-day life
“Having to pluck my brushes down to just a hair sometimes to do the smallest details.”
Her advice for future generations
“I would advise not to be discouraged because miniature painting requires a lot of patience and attention. To paint as if it were for yourself, with love, with desire and to take the time necessary to do so with the greatest possible precision. Have the self-confidence to present your work with pride, but all the same with humility, because art is a very subjective notion and we must above all agree with the desire and the feelings of the customer.”