Idling, waiting for inspiration!

Last week I took advantage of some scrap piece of canvas to explore the human figure...

I used a palette somewhat similar to that of Kanevsky, an artist I admire immensely (see in my list of favourite artists). I want to leverage drawings from my live model classes in my future work without parting from my usual style with the human faces. This is just an exploration of what could be...

Coming to your emotional rescue - Lee Miller... Fiddling around with Man Ray's idiosyncracies!

I'm experiencing a rut artistically, so I've gone back to working on loose pieces of raw canvas to keep the flow going...

It appears that Man Ray, surrealist photographer, made a habit of slashing his photographs of Lee Miller (his muse and lover) at some point in time before and after their rupture. I mimicked solarisation to repair the cuts, a process Miller rediscovered herself and popularized along with Man Ray in their hay days...

Miller remained independent and went on developing her own career as a photographer.

Eastern Townships studio...

I spent the greater part of last week painting in the larger Eastern Townships studio...

There was enough time to enjoy the incredible fall colors in-between painting sessions!

My saga with Chinese paper collages continues!

Strengthened by the experience that I've gained so far, I see a path to greater artistic freedom and limitless possibilities!

Coming to your emotional rescue - Candy Darling... A shot at Warhol's muse!

This is my third painting of this series...

... exploiting a "tear and repair" approach to convey a certain level of emotional distress on the part of the subject. In each case, I want the style of the the repair to remind the viewer of  the artist most directly linked to the subject, in this case Warhol.

Climbing Mount Washington... Liked the palette!

Over the past weekend, I climbed Mount Washington, the highest peak in the Northeast of the USA (the most prominent East of the Mississippi), teaming up with my step son. Above the tree line, Nature's palette was a real revelation...

... gotta do something with that!

Emotional rescue II final... Trying to add multiple layers of meaning!

I finished this painting while trying to remain true to my new "emotional rescue" theme...

Adding many layers of "meaning" has become a more serious objective of mine. My use of rice paper was more strategic with this one, a new trend I intend to keep, not to lose completely what I've learned working on raw canvas.

Emotional rescue II - step I... another run at Claudel!

I have a backlog of ideas to implement for this series, so I'm starting with this one...

... a portrait of Claudel, whom could have used some emotional rescue... at some point in time during her tragic life!

Note: I did a portrait of Claudel with metallic paint a few years ago...