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 Title: Dawn's train
This painting is the second large oil on canvas of a series I started with “Marne river in fall”, a painting I presented to you last month. My goal is to translate a strong visual emotion, not brutal and unexpected, but a day to day, intimate one. The Marne river banks are familiar to me, as is this break of dawn vision. When the first lights of the day reach the top of the hill that surrounds the river, the city lights are still on, and this window of a cafe at the corner in particular. The sky is burdened with the night rains, but the pale light of the sun starts to glimmer in the distance. On the tracks laid on the high dyke, the lighted train gets into the station. The construction of this piece goes through two stages : a description of the object, then its uncomplete destruction to instill emotion, its psychological containt. The recreation of this moment is made first through the drawing, the figurative sketch. This is made with a brush, and colours diluted with terpentine. Painting with the knife is then implemented during a session of physical and intellectual concentration : movements at brisk pace, without any pause, in an energical flow controlled by the previous reflexion about colors and construction. The gesture stops when seem adequate my project, the painting’s equilibrium, and last but not least, the rest of my soul that it has a long time tormented. (oil on canvas, 130 x 89 cm, december 2006) Back to the archives |
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