First exhibition at the age of seventeen, at 19, rue Charles Corbeau in Évreux, with Jean Pierre Morin, a student at the Ecole Boulle. He exhibits five years of work: watercolours, oil, wash and charcoal. The work is figurative and one of the canvases, "Autumn flowers", is noticed for the blue which will largely inhabit his painting.
"When I was a child I only liked red. I thought that blue was a servile colour. I have always wondered what kind of relationship I have with blue. What interests me about colours is their musical impact." D.G.
He discovers Goya's etchings and the works of engravers who will influence him.