CARRE D’ARTISITES: A VALENTINE’S GIFT THEY WILL LOVE FOR A LIFETIME
February has officially arrived, and to us it’s always a month to get creative and put some extra love in the world! Something that we are particularly excited about are the incredible pieces of artwork that local gallery, CARRE D’ ARTISTES, has brought to light this month for all of those lovers out there. These are one-of-a-kind artworks for your one-of-a-kind valentine. So we thought we would share just a few of the exceptional paintings they are presently carrying to inspire you to give a gift your valentine will love for a lifetime.
The gallery presents a wide range of artistic genres, styles, and trends from talented artists around the world. Each artist who has their artwork featured at CARRE D’ ARTISTES Art Gallery, will offer their original pieces in four sizes and four prices. No two paintings are the same, and all pieces are certified and signed. Each client has the option of getting the art framed at the time of purchase with five different styles of frames in three different finishes. It’s such a fabulous approach to offering accessible artwork that is ever-changing and relevant each month. So take a look and be sure to swing on by the gallery this week!
Aurora – by Artist: Anne Pivot / 40” x 40” / Mixed Media on Canvas
Anne grew up in a family home where she developed a taste for antiques. As a child she loved to paint and frame works of art. She studied communications and moved into media relations, but after ten years in her career she once again heard the call of art. She trained as a decorative painter and learned a variety of techniques (patina, trompe l'oeil ...). Anne became a self-employed craftsman and expressed her art on large scale projects (apartments, houses ...)
By choosing to focus on her painting, Anne traded her brushes for knives to work with the thicknesses of malleable acrylic paint. She likes a mix of medium; the combination of collage, prints, etching and layers of glaze create a warm and colorful atmosphere. She uses different medium (preparations to change the consistency of the paint) and techniques such as collage or image transfer, associated with a succession of layers of paint applied with a knife and then rubbed or scraped. Working the material this way she seeks to achieve an effect of "passing time." Anne places the mark of time on everyday objects. She seeks to pass on this taste of history and patina through her paintings.
THE FLOWERS AT RITTENHOUSE
The Flowers at Rittenhouse – by Artist: Frederic Thiery / 10 x 10 / Acrylic on Canvas AND Venice the Canale / 5 x 5 / Acrylic on Canvas
Inspired by his father who was a painter, Frédéric was interested from a very early age in drawing and painting. He studied fine arts at the University of Aix-en-Provence. After graduation, he moved to southern Spain where he discovered various crafts: leather work, silk painting, jewelry making, etc. By being in contact with these artisans he learned to make leather accessories (belts, bags) and experimented with cold enamel work (producing the same aesthetic effect as enamel, but without firing). He attended a workshop on porcelain painting to learn this technique and soon he experienced the urge to paint on canvas. Frédéric tends almost to the abstract with his stylized representations. To find the shimmering colors of enamel he combines tiny glass beads in his oil painting. His painting is joyous and colorful. His works dust off the traditional subjects of the past. Much as his philosophy of life, Frédéric wishes to convey softness, joy and harmony through his painting. Humor is an important component of his work, which he expresses through the titles of his works.
SOUS LE SOL PELUREUR GUPIA
Sous Le Sol Pelureur Gupia – by Artist: Pierre Gutierrez / 10 x 10 / Watercolor on Paper
Hailing from the Algerian port town of Oran, Pierre Gutierrez moved to the other side of the Mediterranean to Marseilles, where he worked in different areas of publishing, design, and advertising.
In 1998, he moved to the neighboring town of Carnoux-en-Provence. It was a happy coincidence that introduced him to the watercolor paintings of the Provençal landscape-painter, Marius Pauzat (1832-1909) and he literally fell under the spell of this work and the aesthetic quality of his creations. Captivated, he began practicing this new painting technique, drawing his themes from the immeasurable beauty of the coastal outskirts of his adoptive region. Backed by invaluable experience in drawing and sketching, Gutierrez adapted to watercolor painting quickly and carved out a niche for himself.
Un Dimanche Deisa – by Artist: Isabelle DeJoantho / 14 x 14 / Mixed Media
Isabelle was born in Montreuil in 1963. Of all the modes of expression, it is in painting and sculpture she has always felt most comfortable. She therefore attended ten years of classes at the Bayonne-Anglet-Biarritz School of Art. There, one of her teachers taught her to "dirty" a sheet of paper. On that day she understood that anything goes. The artist would begin with portraits of women. Whether they are painted on canvas or sculpted in clay, Isabelle seeks first to complete the resemblance to the subject, highlighting the reliefs and working beyond the frame. Working with pure abstraction, she gradually comes to mix the two. Guided by her thoughts and mood, the artist now combines the figurative and abstract. The key is first and foremost to convey emotion. For this, the components of the canvas must be created simultaneously. Her feelings, her stories; she draws more from the past identity of the materials she chooses than in creating a work of introspection. In fact, she loves to use all kinds of materials and timeworn objects, marked by a first life. She adds words, imperfect lines drawn in charcoal, "accidental stains" of paint, ink or pigment, and then assembles these elements like pieces of a puzzle. Short and successive, these stories are like little moments of life where people and things are shaped by time. Thus, she juggles material effects to infinitely deconstruct frames of old bikes, textures of a dress or even facial features whose gaze seems to reveal their secrets to us.
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