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Le Yack, painter in Orléans

Alexandre Pelletier, known as Le Yack, paints in oil in Orléans, France. A Fine Arts graduate, he spent nearly thirty years composing images as an art director before returning to the canvas. He paints suspended scenes: a petrol station at night, a phone box in the rain, a bedroom where the light comes in at a slant.

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Next exhibition

art3f Brussels

20 – 22 November 2026 · with the Atelier Joconde

Le Yack, in round glasses, paints with a fine brush on a canvas laid flat in the studio.
Le Yack paints in oil a woman seated by a window, on a canvas set on an easel.
Le Yack, in round glasses, sketches in pencil in a notebook on his studio desk.
Neo Pablo in a mask, Le Yack and William San on the Atelier Joconde stand at art3f Luxembourg.
Safety DistanceLa chambre claireNe quittez pasKellyLe déjeuner sur la poutreFree to StayThe Silent GuestMarée hauteRed Chrome OasisL’ombre courbeSortie de balDernière permissionLe grand bainEntre deux poses

I don’t want to choose between the energy of urban graphics and the depth of realism.

— Le Yack

His path

From art school to the Atelier Joconde

His full story

  1. The beginnings

    The front of the art school in Orléans, rue Dupanloup, now the ÉSAD Orléans.

    Art school

    The son of a painter, he trained at the École des Beaux-Arts in Orléans: observational drawing, perspective, oil and glazes.

  2. Thirty years

    Le Yack, in round glasses, paints with a fine brush on a canvas laid flat in the studio.

    Art director

    In publishing, he composed images for others. Graphic designer, illustrator, videographer: this is where his name was born.

  3. After Covid

    Le Yack, seen from behind on a stepladder, paints a large blue and yellow mural.

    Back to the canvas

    He reopened his boxes of drawings and painted some thirty canvases in a year for his first exhibition, at L’Empreinte Galerie.

  4. Today

    Neo Pablo in a mask, Le Yack and William San on the Atelier Joconde stand at art3f Luxembourg, in front of paintings by Le Yack.

    The Atelier Joconde

    He paints in oil in Orléans, in the studio he shares with his two sons, and exhibits at art fairs across Europe.

His work

Scenes from films we will never see

His paintings are sold by the Atelier Joconde, the family gallery in Orléans.

All his works
The whole canvas: a young woman in a white dress with navy blue sleeves, an open golden cage in place of her head, a robin on her finger and another in flight, in a room with grey-blue walls near a tall window.

Free to Stay

60 × 80 cmAvailable

The whole canvas: a barefoot young woman in a red dress dances with her back to us in an underwater drawing room, beneath a ceiling of waves crossed by yellow and red fish, between a dark chest of drawers and a yellow sofa.

Marée haute

60 × 80 cmAvailable

The square canvas seen face-on: a young woman with closed eyes, in a white blouse and red skirt, sitting by a window, her shadow cast on a dark green wall.

La chambre claire

60 × 60 cmAvailable

A woman in a beige trench coat on the telephone in a glazed phone box, at dusk, before a wet street where a vintage car passes.

Ne quittez pas

70 × 70 cmPrivate collection

The whole canvas: a young couple leaning against the fuselage of a silver fighter plane with a black propeller, on a runway bathed in low sun.

Dernière permission

80 × 80 cmAvailable

A woman in a long red gown stops at the foot of a marble staircase, beneath a large gilded chandelier, guests in evening dress behind her.

Sortie de bal

60 × 80 cmPrivate collection

Six bathers in vintage swimsuits sitting on the edge of a pool, feet in the turquoise water, under a pale sky.

Le grand bain

60 × 60 cmAvailable

The whole square canvas: a young woman with copper hair, a large white lace ruff and a dark gold-embroidered doublet drinks from a blue and silver can, looking straight ahead.

Entre deux poses

60 × 60 cmAvailable

Buy from the Atelier Joconde

On commission

Your car, painted by Le Yack

Send photos of your car: he places it in a scene of his own and paints it in oil. Three composition proposals reach you by email, free of charge and with no obligation.

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Family

The Atelier Joconde, a father and his two sons

In Orléans, Le Yack shares a studio and a gallery with his two sons, both painters too. Three signatures, three worlds, and the same art fairs, where they take turns on a shared stand. The Atelier Joconde sells their paintings.

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Exhibitions

Where to see his work

  1. 12 – 14 February 2027art3f NantesNantes · with the Atelier JocondeUpcoming
  2. 20 – 22 November 2026art3f BruxellesBrussels, Belgium · with the Atelier JocondeUpcoming
  3. 10 October – 1 November 2026119ᵉ Salon des Artistes OrléanaisOrléans · two paintings, on the theme “Entre 2 rives”
  4. 2 – 4 October 2026art3f LuxembourgLuxexpo The Box, Kirchberg · with the Atelier Joconde
  5. 11 – 13 September 2026art3f MonacoChapiteau de Fontvieille · with the Atelier Joconde
  6. 6 – 8 March 2026art3f NantesNantes
  7. First exhibitionL’Empreinte GalerieOrléans · some thirty paintings made in a single year
Le Yack presents one of his paintings, a night scene outside a diner, to two visitors at an exhibition.

A painting, a commission, an exhibition? He answers personally.

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A woman in a knight’s armour, eyes closed, a finger on her tongue, in front of a large wooden clock.
A woman in black lace lying on a Chesterfield sofa, another at the window, at night.
A swimmer in a red costume, seen from behind, standing on a swing hanging above the sea.
A bare-chested young man hides his face behind a large bouquet of white flowers.
Travellers in period clothes in front of a streamlined locomotive, in the desert.
A New York avenue at night, cinema signs lit and passers-by on the pavement.
A bar at night: a woman in a red dress at the counter, a red car parked on the wet street.
A woman in a red dress dances in a flooded living room, light pouring through the windows.
Friends raise their beers outside a snowy chalet, skis planted in the snow, mountains behind.
A dark-haired woman opens her beige coat to four men in hats, in a large gilded mirror.
Two women in feather boas outside an Italian restaurant, a man tipping his hat beside a pink car.
A man sitting on the edge of a rooftop looks at the New York skyline under large clouds.
A woman on roller skates leaning against a convertible, in front of a drive-in screen, at night.
Three elegant walkers on a beach, a parasol held over one of them.
A woman in a black dress outside a brightly lit diner at night, a skyscraper behind.
A woman in sunglasses sitting on a red convertible, above the sea.
A long-haired woman relaxes in an antique bathtub, by a window open onto the rooftops of Paris.
A blonde woman draped in pearls bites a necklace, before a plate of sweets, against floral wallpaper.
A woman in a white dress sitting at the bow of a sailing boat with a yellow sail, on a calm sea.
An aviator in a leather jacket sitting on the nose of a biplane, at sunset.
Close-up of the parted red lips of a dark-haired woman.
Two women walk barefoot on the beach under a parasol, a sailing boat offshore.
A bearded man in black and gold armour, in profile, eyes closed.
A woman in a knight’s armour, eyes closed, a finger on her tongue, in front of a large wooden clock.
A long-haired woman relaxes in an antique bathtub, by a window open onto the rooftops of Paris.
A blonde woman draped in pearls bites a necklace, before a plate of sweets, against floral wallpaper.
Two women in feather boas outside an Italian restaurant, a man tipping his hat beside a pink car.
A bare-chested young man hides his face behind a large bouquet of white flowers.
An aviator in a leather jacket sitting on the nose of a biplane, at sunset.
A woman on roller skates leaning against a convertible, in front of a drive-in screen, at night.
A New York avenue at night, cinema signs lit and passers-by on the pavement.
Two women walk barefoot on the beach under a parasol, a sailing boat offshore.
A bar at night: a woman in a red dress at the counter, a red car parked on the wet street.
A woman in a red dress dances in a flooded living room, light pouring through the windows.
Friends raise their beers outside a snowy chalet, skis planted in the snow, mountains behind.
A woman in black lace lying on a Chesterfield sofa, another at the window, at night.
A dark-haired woman opens her beige coat to four men in hats, in a large gilded mirror.
A swimmer in a red costume, seen from behind, standing on a swing hanging above the sea.
A woman in a white dress sitting at the bow of a sailing boat with a yellow sail, on a calm sea.
A man sitting on the edge of a rooftop looks at the New York skyline under large clouds.
Travellers in period clothes in front of a streamlined locomotive, in the desert.
Close-up of the parted red lips of a dark-haired woman.
Three elegant walkers on a beach, a parasol held over one of them.
A woman in a black dress outside a brightly lit diner at night, a skyscraper behind.
A bearded man in black and gold armour, in profile, eyes closed.
A woman in sunglasses sitting on a red convertible, above the sea.