Green and White

Green and White

Paris

Volets Bleus/Blue Shutters

Volets Bleus/Blue Shutters

Acrylic on Arches paper.

7-1/2"H x 5-5/8"W
Please see Matin/Morning.

While living in a small village in France in 2015, I painted a series of façades
inspired by the richly layered surfaces of the local architecture. 

Facades

Déverrouillage/Unlocked
Acrylic on Arches paper.

7-1/2"H x 5-5/8"W

Voisins/Neighbors 

Acrylic on Arches paper.

7-1/2" x 5-5/8"

Please see Matin/Morning.

While living in a small village in France in 2015, I painted a series of façades inspired by the richly layered surfaces of the local architecture. 

Le Roi Soleil/The Sun King

Le Roi Soleil/The Sun King

Lacquer on resin, wood, and hardboard.

43"H x 59"W x 9"D

This is another wall sculpture I made in the 1980s. (See posts for April 9th and 11th)

Being enamored of most things French, especially French art, history, life, and of course chausson aux pommes, I decided to create a work based on Louis XIV. My bust of Louis is modeled after an 18th century bronze at the National Gallery of Art in DC. This, in turn, was modeled after a marble by Bernini created in 1665. The panel contains Louis' last words to his successor, Louis XV, his great-grandson. In part he said, "Don't go to war as much as I did; be a peaceful prince."

Fishing the Dordogne

Limeuil, France

Shutter

Tremolat, France