Danae, Klimt and I

Klimt is for sure one of my favourite master... ever.

I love the sweetness and strength of his lights and shadows, 

the way he treats the skin, the way he represents women...

I like to imagine we have a special link... 

Maybe because we were born the same day, July 14th 

(though not the same year, ;) )

and because my first name is Emilie, like his beloved muse...

and we both love cats ;)

Klimt est certainement l'un de mes peintres préférés ... pour toujours.
J'aime la douceur et la force de ses lumières et ses ombrés,
la façon dont il traite la peau, la façon dont il représente les femmes ...
Je me plais à imaginer que nous avons un lien spécial ...
Peut-être parce que nous sommes nés le même jour, le 14 Juillet
(mais pas la même année,;))
et parce que mon prénom est Emilie, comme sa muse et compagne...
et puis, nous aimons tous les deux chats;) 

 I already painted 2 pictures inspired by his work...

One just for my pleasure when my son was born.

  J'ai déjà peint 2 toiles inspirées par son travail ...
Une juste pour mon plaisir, quand mon fils est né. 

 And a second one for a group show at "Compound gallery".

The theme was "Great masters revisited" and of course I had to choose Gustav ;)

et la seconde pour une exposition collective à la "Compound Gallery".
Le thème était «les grands maîtres revisités», et bien sûr je devais choisir Gustav ;)

 I was happy it didn't sold. 

Weirdly I have never after presented them for sale.

They are my "Private Collection" ;)

J'étais plutôt contente qu'elle n'est pas été vendue.
Bizarrement, après, je ne les ai jamais plus proposées à la vente.
Elles sont ma "collection privée";)

This time I try my hand to his Danae.

I am so slooooooow on this one ;)

I hope you will appreciate the beginnings! 

Cette fois, je m'essaie à sa "Danaé".
Je suis tellement leeeeeeeente sur celui-ci ;)
J'espère que vous apprécierez les balbutiements!

Drawings...

Lately I've been drawing a lot...

I was asked to illustrate a book of piano and saxo scores...

so I had to get the lead out ;)

Actually the real black lead kind of freezes me...

that's weird... I can't draw with it...

The blue lead saved me ;)

So I have a whole bunch of little drawings like these...

I'll show them to you little by little.

Two of them have been especially drawn for a group show

at Curiosités.

It will start next Monday.

And as we say say here , "the cherry on the cake",

a mini interview here : 

remplir les blancs

A drawing a day,

...the doctor away...?

This is for a secret project...

It seems to me that when I start talking 

about projects I m working on, they go to the dogs...

Fate or Karma?

It's weird beacause I have nothing of  a superstitious girl ;)

Do you like her?

Wip, les chuchoteurs

Autumnal mood

I hope you had great holidays!

Here it was a bit weird, the weather was cold all July...

Anyway autumn is almost there, though in my paintings I'm already in winter ;)

I started to paint on Hansel & Gretel tale.

Here are some glimpses:

I'm thinking about a new turn in my work and would love to paint with oil.

I can't wait to try it! But I guess I'll have to champ at the bit for a little while because first I'll have to buy some oils but before that, I should make a choice about the brand I'm gonna use.

Old Holland or Maimeri classico... ;)

I'm bad at making choice... 

(my acrylic babies)

 

I'll be launching soon my new shop where I'll sell originals and prints.

It will be on BigCartel.

And in a few weeks you will find new postcards and bookmarks in my etsy shop :)

 

 

Have a nice day :)

Absynthe

La fée verte

Le vin sait revêtir le plus sordide bouge
D'un luxe miraculeux,
Et fait surgir plus d'un portique fabuleux
Dans l'or de sa vapeur rouge,
Comme un soleil couchant dans un ciel nébuleux.

L'opium agrandit ce qui n'a pas de bornes,
Allonge l'illimité,
Approfondit le temps, creuse la volupté,
Et de plaisirs noirs et mornes
Remplit l'âme au delà de sa capacité.

Tout cela ne vaut pas le poison qui découle
De tes yeux, de tes yeux verts,
Lacs où mon âme tremble et se voit à l'envers...
Mes songes viennent en foule
Pour se désaltérer à ces gouffres amers.

Tout cela ne vaut pas le terrible prodige
De ta salive qui mord,
Qui plonge dans l'oubli mon âme sans remords,
Et charriant le vertige,
La roule défaillante aux rives de la mort!

Charles Baudelaire

Sketch...

For a new painting maybe...

A sketch of sadness...

Don't you think life is ironic sometimes?

The M. Lady

M. for Mysterious...

I can't find her a name yet...

Maybe you would help? :)

"Dans les bois"?

"Little Miss Mystère" ?

Funny to consider now all the steps she went through...
From the girl very girly , very princess-like 

for the children book 

to something more personnal...

Inked octopus...

coming to life...

 

Tentacles... wip...

 

Tattooing... Tentacles...

in progress ;)

 

 

 

 

Wip wip wip... done!

Titania...

"I know a bank where the wild thyme blows,
Where oxlips and the nodding violet grows,
Quite over-canopied with luscious woodbine,
With sweet musk-roses and with eglantine."

A Midsummer Night's Drea, Shakespeare

Wip... Titania...

Almost done...

but already gone ;)

 

Danae... Work in progress...

Wip...

In the mood for Klimt....

 

Changes...

 Changes... Sometimes, things just need to change...

La suite bientôt ;)

Ps: I don't forget you, my dear followers...
I'm just having a hard time to schedule my days :)

Love,

june

 

In progress... Danae...

I'm in a Klimtian Mood these days :)

Work in progress... Meherio...

"Notre père qui êtes aux cieux,

Restez-y,

Et nous nous resterons sur la terre

Qui est quelquefois si jolie"

Jacques Prévert

Work in progress... Wasma...

"De deux choses lune, l'autre c'est le soleil"

 Jacques Prévert

Wip....

"Mother Nature"

 A kiss, when all is said, what is it?

A rosy dot placed on the "i" in loving;

'Tis a secret told to the mouth instead of the ear.

*Edmond Rostand*