Vines Oil on linen, 130 x 97 cm. After spending several years dealing with architecture in my work, I have chosen a point of departure, in all honesty, in the desire to explore a wider, brighter palette. This painting is motivated by my admiration for the striking appearance of the pinot noir vines during the… Continue reading Les Vignes
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Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
My studio is next to the church. I will always feel a debt of gratitude to my village for the privilege of working in a sixteenth-century building. The church was already here for two centuries when my building was established. Saint-Pierre-ès Liens Oil on canvas, 130 x 97 cm.
Autel (J’étais)
The work is based on a ruin in the village of Étais, in Burgundy, not far away from my studio. Judging from the style of the remnants, it was a late sixteenth-century shrine, probably holding a statue of the Madonna and Child. It’s right on the road, visible to all passers-by. The village is on the old road to… Continue reading Autel (J’étais)
Two paintings viewed in situ via video:
Serpent: A work in deep relief
Although this was made in Texas in 2004, it has never been shown. It is on a wall in my studio. It is made of acrylic polymer paste, built up at the highest points at about 2 cm. It is underpainted in oil, in light pthalo blue, then finished in bone black, each scale having… Continue reading Serpent: A work in deep relief
Anthem(For LC): A Mixed Media Construction
The image was created by pouring acrylic gesso onto a clay slab which served as a mould. The idea was to pour an entire painting at once. The wheat was formed by pressing individual stalks (wheat is grown around here) into the clay. After the impressions were made I poured the gesso onto the slab and let… Continue reading Anthem(For LC): A Mixed Media Construction
Max Ernst: Levity and Gravity in His Paintings, 1942-48
Is not everything full of significance, symmetry, allusion and strange relations? Might God not manifest Himself in mathematics as well as in every other science?…Novalis Max Ernst immigrated to America in 1941 as a refugee from the war in Europe. Having had his life and art disrupted by imprisonment in concentration camps in Vichy France,… Continue reading Max Ernst: Levity and Gravity in His Paintings, 1942-48
Dimensions
I am attempting to address the notion of dimension in this work. As we all know, painting is generally considered two-dimensional. Within those two dimensions- height and width, certain conventions have existed in European art that have been used to imply three-dimensional space : perspective, placement of objects high or low on the picture plane, the… Continue reading Dimensions
DOORS
For the past few years I’ve been making paintings based on façades of local buildings, most of which have been abandoned and are in various states of decay or decrepitude. My approach to materials is an effort to describe this state, and the majority of the paintings have a pronounced third dimension. I do not… Continue reading DOORS
Restoration of the Ceiling and Three Sculptures in the Mairie of Mussy-sur-Seine
I was asked in December 2019 if I would restore three sculptures as well as the ceiling in the former chapel of the Bishop of Langres. The Château de l’Eveque de Langres was begun around 1770, and construction was stopped some time in 1789 when the French Revolution gained enough momentum for the citizens to… Continue reading Restoration of the Ceiling and Three Sculptures in the Mairie of Mussy-sur-Seine
Andy Feehan Studios: Mussy-sur-Seine, France 