"My work comes from scribbling rather than from what I learnt at art school". Headed by Combas, the French Figuration Libre or Nouvelle Figuration Libre, Combas and his fellow artists, strong political tendency was absent as they favored pure and free-style paintings. They also loved rock and punk music, and had a strong interest in historical heroic figures, native African art, magnificent Arabic pop art, and themes with violence and eroticism.