Pirogh Hesse

Here are two still-life studied at l'ESAD. The first one is a teapot, essentially monochrome, with touches of red for the fire.

The second one is a monochrome reinterpretation of Nature morte au pain painted in 1927 by Maurice Vlamink, and that is exposed in Musée d’Art moderne de Paris.

Acrylic, 50x65cm. About 4 hours each of them.

Back from a travel in Brittany with lots of photos and beautiful scenery deep in the eyes, I started oil painting, more precisely a water-soluble oil.

This landscape is near Paimpol, on the hiking trail, the famous GR34, the former customs path. I was more confident with acrylic and I was surprised that I took long time to dry. So, I continue alla prima, with a with a thick layer of paint: I took about one month to be dry.

Water-soluble oil, 50x65cm.

At l'ESAD, I study urban landscapes from Lorraine Christie, a contemporary painter from Georgia, USA. Here is my interpretation of Lost at sea (2016):

Then, comes Paris promise (2015):

Acrylic, 50x65cm.

I continued to paint some portrait from a photography reference. I turned to Josephine Baker, using a photography due to Henri Manuel in the 1920s.

Acrylic, monochrome sepia, 50x65cm.

Today, at l'ESAD, I worked on a sepia portrait. I chooses a portrait of Gustave Courbet: the links shows an original black-and-white photography due to Etienne Carjat, 1867. Yan Pei-Ming, a contemporary painter living in France, interpreted this photography in 2019: observe here his painting, which is monochrome in blue. My interpretation is also monochrome, but sepia:

Acrylic, monochrome sepia, 50x65cm.

At l'ESAD, I study portraits from John Larriva, a contemporary painter from Florida, USA. Here are my interpretation of Sunbeam (2014):

Then, I turned on Adore and Citrine, both originaly painted in 2015:

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Acrylic, 50x65cm.