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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)

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