Damien Nicolas Roux – also known as DNR is a Paris-based artist and illustrator.

 

Raised in an artistic household – with an architect-painter father and a mother trained in fine arts – DNR developed a visual world shaped by architecture, Antiquity, and French decorative arts, all sprinkled with a dash of neoclassical charm. He's big on colours and composition, and loves a well-placed vanishing point. Rulers and set squares are regular companions in his creative process.

 

He works across a mix of media – from fine liners and felt tips to coloured pencils and Indian ink – but has a soft spot for watercolour on Arches paper.

One of his standout series, Room Portraits II, explores interiors that feel just about believable – elegant spaces where 20th-century masterpieces rub shoulders with unexpected animal figures and the occasional elusive human silhouette. There's often a wink of humour hidden in the details.

 

DNR currently shows his work in France and the US. Recent commissions include illustrations for Parisian Hôtel Amour, a patterned collection of cashmere, fabrics and wallpapers for luxury lifestyle brand SAVED New York, a corner design for Harrod's and visuals for L'Intemporel Magazine.

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Nulla dies sine linea
(No day without a line. Pas un jour sans une ligne.)

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Portrait of me now by Lora Barra - Portrait of me then by my father.