Pirogh Hesse

Here is a still-life I studied at l'ESAD, a basket pair.

Acrylic, about 50x32cm.

Today I worked on a sepia portrait at l'ESAD. The idea was to finish in two hours:

Acrylic, monochrome sepia, 50x65cm, in 2 hours.

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.

In september, I did a travel a week long in Athens. I first visited the Acropolis and painted on the spot both the Parthenon and the Caryatid porch of the Erechtheion with watercolor in a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike.

Next, I went to the archaeological museum and discovered Mycenaean fresco of Tiryns. I was so impressed that I reproduce some of them. The previous woman portrait is my watercolor reproduction of the original, done between 1400 and 1200 BC, which is now in this museum. A photography of it is available here.

I also reproduced some fresco from Akrotiri. The following spring fresco dates from 1600-1500 BC.

I was very impressed by the style and freedom of these artists of the ancient Greece. Similaryly, the young boxers, from the same period:

Watercolor, about 21x30cm. About 2 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.

I was in July in Brittany: I painted watercolors on the spot. I was in Plouescat and Loguivy, near Paimpol:

During this travel, I used a small A4 sketch book that I've done myself, as described in my previous blog post Travel by bike. I fixed here to finish each watercolor in about one hour. Next, I visited Roscoff and Meneham:

In Roscoff, I decided to send postcards that I would have made myself: on an A4 sheet, I included four of them, so cards are in A6 format. I fixed to finish each card in about 15mn.

Exhibition at l'ESAD, 3, rue Federico Garcia Lorca, Grenoble, from Wednesday 17 June and until Wednesday 24 June 2022. This is a collective exhibition of all the students of the school of fine arts of Grenoble (l'ESAD). Access map here.

I present three paintings and six drawings for this exhibition.

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.