Jean Michel RACKELBOOM, Painter, engraver and teacher. Teacher of drawing and painting «Atelier JM» Installed at 8 les Bouillères BOUFFERE 85600 (Montaigu Vendée) Born on March 19, 1964 in PARIS - First collective exhibition in 1982 and first private exhibition in 1989. After having studied the traditional pictorial techniques (Studies of Applied Arts DUPERRE in PARIS 11e), he turned towards intaglio engraving (etching, mezzo tinte, aquatinte and monotype at the workshop DALMAS rue François Miron PARIS 4e, and watercolour, where he leads workshops and internships with the CEDTE professional training organization, and finally, acrylic painting from 2007. From 2009, it offers installations on the theme of water, minerals and plants. He has exhibited for forty years, and enjoys many awards at the national level.