Few more photos to let you appreciate the effects with pastel
Thursday, 10 December 2009
Basket of fruit
I have always enjoyed painting still life. This subject was particularly interesting as I really wanted to present the beautiful rich colours evident in the fruit basket. Pastel was the chosen medium to portray this fruit basket. I did not use fixative as this would have changed the effect of the amazing strong colours. I believe they are good enough to eat!!!
Size: 45cm x 60cm
Date: July 2009
Technic: Soft Pastel
Basket of fruit (details)
Just to show you in a bigger view some details and the effects of the grain on the paper
Tuesday, 11 August 2009
EPSAC 90th Annual Exhibition
Mingling with the best of the best.. see two of our prize winners. From the front to the Right ( tall man) won the McGregor Cup and just behind the attractive lady with the long black hair, namely Bretten -Anne Moolman winning the Art in the Park cup. Congratulations to all !!
EPSAC 90th Annual Exhibition
Me, Jill and Usen Obot
"Relaxing and enjoying the ambience of the event"
EPSAC 90th Annual Exhibition
Me with Esme Goosen, a well known artist in the Eastern Cape. What a good wine!!
Thursday, 28 May 2009
Lavander
Here is another subject I worked on for the guesthouse.
Size: 30 x 40cm
Date: January 2009
Technique: Oil on wood
Lilies
I worked recently for a guesthouse. I had to realise wall plaques for the different rooms, and only flowers, supposed to match with the deco of each room. Here is one of the subjects.
Size: 30 x 40cm
Date: January 2009
Technique: Oil on wood
Wednesday, 27 May 2009
Douglas
This is Doug, a Jack Russel adored by all who see or know him. He is the very first pet to be exhibited as part of our exciting venture into the pet gallery. Born in 2007, he sends all who visits his site a friendly paw and eagerly awaits comments about his endearing, mischievious portrait.
Size: 47 x 67cm
Date: January 2009
Technique: Soft pastel
A proud lioness
The pride of South Africa, is this lioness,staring silently and intently into the African bush waiting for an opportunity to stil a basic need. The lioness however also instils a sense of peace,evident by the contrast between the dark and light. She is indeed one of my favourite works of art.
Size: 30 x 40cm
Date: June 2008
Technique: Soft pastel
Monday, 25 May 2009
English roses
I realised this subject to use it for a workshop. This kind of activity starts about 9h30 AM and finishes around 3h30 PM. The next photos are from the workshop itself, in such a short time it's definitely not easy to find out all the secrets of the technique of pastel, but you might be surprised of the result at the end of the day!
Size: 47 x 67cm
Date September 2008
Technique: soft pastel
Roses
This is my first watercolor, yes, I also tried this technique. I didn't focus for the moment, wait and see...
Size: 27 x 38cmm
Date: March 2006
Technique: watercolor
Roses in the garden
Here is my second watercolor. I realised the 3 watercolor at the same period. I was in the mood for that I suppose.
Size: 27 x 37cm
Date: March 2006
Technique: watercolor
Innocence
This is my third watercolor! I think this technique is the most difficult in art to manage. Water is definitely not easy to control, if you get too impatient, all the pigments are mixed together with the water, and if you wait too much you can't mix the pigments, what a nightmare! BUT one day I will only concentrate on this technique, because the effects obtained are so amazing, you play with the transparency of the paper, which is not the case with none of the other techniques. This artwork is gone to France with Laurence who I met in Port Elizabeth.
Size: 27 x 38cm
Date: March 2006
Technique: watercolor
Still life
Another recent drawing, I enjoyed playing with the shapes of the fruits. Everybody knows that it's always one of the first challenge we have to face when we go to art school. So it's not so bad to practise again sometines!
Size 25 x 35cm (more or less)
Date: January 2009
Technique: charcoal
Isabella's drawing
You will see further the same little girl but realised in oil. I also enjoy drawing, it's the beginning of something everytime, it always gives the first impressions and feelings before you put colors on it, and that, as an artist, is the essence of creation.
Size: 25 x 35cm (more or less)
Date: January 2006
Technique: charcoal
The gift of a girl
Again I decided to work a subject related to warm colors. This little girl looks so innocent and not worried about all the difficulties happening in this big world!
Size: 47 x 67cm
Date: August 2008
Technique: Soft pastel
Mother and child 1
You will see the complete subject just below, I wanted to show closer what kind of effects we can create with charcoals, so click on this image and you wil see the result!
Size same as below
Date: same as below
Technique: same as below
Mother and child 2
Another part of Africa, also amazing from their culture the way they get dressed. The mother close to her child as a sign of protection, this time the effects and feelings can all come from the warm colors coming out of the clothes. Contrast between dark and light is strong as well.
Size: 47 x 67cm
Date August 2008
Technique: Soft pastel
Macaw
Nature is amazing and this parrot proves it with all the vibrant colors from its feathers. I'm glad to say that this artwork will probably be located soon to Germany with some of my friends.
Size: 40 x 50cm (more or less)
Date: August 2007
Technique: Soft pastel
Macaw 2
Same subject, but a bit closer, so we can appreciate a bit more the effects realised from the charcoals.
Size: same as before
Date Same as before
Technique: same as before
Another bird
No comments, I just like the colors for this subject.
size: 35 x 35cm
Date September 2007
Technique: Soft pastel
Purple Prairie
This landscape was a comission. Somebody wanted a vast prairie with purple flowers as dominant colors in the foreground, and mountains from South Africa in the background. Creation is the most difficult part, when you start from nothing, but it's also the most important feeling you have to develop to progress as an artist.
Size: 50 x 1,50m
Date January 2007
Technique: Soft pastel
Birds on a branch
In this pastel, i tried to show the sensation of peace with those two little birds on a branch. This impression is also coming from the soft colours used for the subject.
Size: 40 x 55cm (more or less)
Date: June 2006
Technique: Soft pastel
Sunday, 24 May 2009
Saturday, 23 May 2009
Out of Africa 1
It's not possible not to paint lions if you are living in Sout Africa
Date: March 2006
Size: 50 x 70cm
Technique: soft pastel
Thursday, 26 February 2009
Time to cook
This is one of my first pastel done in South affrica. I'm fascinated by the difference of culture between my country and this one. In France everybody is in a hurry, running up and down for work, here people take their time, things go slowly. I appreciate the fact that there is less stress.
On an artistic view this subject is very interesting for the colors, the natural attitude of the personnage and again the contrast dark-light.
Date: February 2006
Size: 67cm x 47cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Tuesday, 24 February 2009
Panda
This pastel was for a person from Port Elizabeth, it's his favourite animal.
Date: 2006
Size: 65cm x 45cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Saint Cado
Saint Cado is a little ireland in Brittany as I said before with the painting. This day the colors were completely different of the day for the painting, but it's the same place. That's why art is so incredible. you change the day or you move a little bit and the view can be totally different.
Date: April 2004
Size: 41cm x 31cm
Technique: Soft pastel
A fisherman in Brittany
This pastel is again a complete creation, the fisherman is from one place, the boats from other places, and the background is just pure invention. I lke the naivety of this subject, we makes it surely more real.
Date: April 2002
Size: 42cm x 32cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Old boat at Bono
Unfortunately,this picture does not entirely do justice to the pastel painting as it was framed when I took the picture. The reflection of the glass dulls the colours, the colours are in fact much brighter particularly between the yellow of the flowers,the blue boat and the background. In this area "Le Bono" close to lorient in Brittany, we can find lot of old boats like this. They "die" slowly, it's the cemetery of the boats.
Date: January 2002
Size: 45cm x 32cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Snow in Brittany
Snow is not always a definite prediction during winter in Brittany. The climate is far more humid, but this year it was so different,we had a snow fall during the night and in the morning with the sun reflecting on all of the environment I had an urge to capture this unusual event. The sun created strong constrasts between the dark and the light. I loved this day!
date: January 2002
Size: 45cm x 32cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Monday, 23 February 2009
Connemarra 2
Another pastel,from Ireland. I used blue as the dominant color. This landscape reminds me of a desert in a sense, the wild atmosphere presents a mysterious but yet a tranquil setting.
Date: September 2001
Size: 38cm x 26cm
Technique: Soft pastel
Sunday, 22 February 2009
Connemarra 1
I started to work with this pastel technique in 2001.I felt that after so many years of dedicating time to oils, it was time for a new adventure.
Soft pastel is amazing, you don't use brushes, no tools only your fingers. Why Connemarra? I don't really know,all I know is that strong feelings evoke whenever I see an Irish landscape,I have never visited this country but it's one of my dreams for sure. Somewhere in the distant past,I must have some strong ties to this country with its breathtaking beauty!
Date: April 2001
Size: 50cm x 35cm (more or less)
Technique: Soft pastel
Isabella
Little Isabella is captured doing what all children like to do and should be able to be ..."play and be happy"
Date: June 2006
Size: 50cm x 38cm (more or less)
Technique: Oil
Megane and Blanche
My first commission in South Africa was a request to do Megane's portrait, however she ideally wanted a portrait with her mother, Blanche, so thats what I did! The painting became more than a portrait but a memory for mother and daughter. A small request became a challenge not only because of the size of the painting,but essentially the patience to capture the inner beauty and personalities of these special friends.
Date: July 2006
Size: 150cm x 90cm
Technique: Oil
Saturday, 21 February 2009
Heritage
Annually there is a festival in Brittany where people share the secrets of the past for example how they made bread and butter. Traditional clothing is worn and one can enjoy the smell of good French cuisine all culminating in an ambience and tangible feelings of nostalgia that so many French persons relish, and most especially me! This painting is a vivid reminder of my heritage and my past.
date: December 1999
Size: 49cm x 32cm
technique: Oil
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