NAMING MY PAINTINGS - NOMMER MES TOILES

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NAMING MY PAINTINGS

 

When I started painting back in 1989, some paintings were named, others were not. However, once we opened the gallery in 2013, all paintings were named.  Most of the time, the name was unique but if I did a series of paintings ie. diptych, triptychs or more, they would be followed by a number.  For example, “Eternal Carnation #1”, “Eternal Carnation #2” and so on.

 

To be honest… I didn’t always name the paintings.  That was left up to Francine and her talented colleagues.  But since I sold my business five years ago, I have taken a much more active role in naming the paintings. 

 

Because music has always played a huge part in my creative process, I’ve recently started naming many of the paintings after the music that inspired when I was in my studio.  If you see music note behind the painting it means the name came from a piece of music!

 

Featured below are “Here Comes the Sun” which was written and sung by George Harrison on the Beatles Abbey Road album; “Avalon” by Roxy Music; and “Esmeralda” which was sung by Garou from Richard Cocciante and Luc Plamandon’s “Notre Dame de Paris”… songs that played while I was painting these works.



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NOMMER MES TOILES 

Quand j'ai commencé à peindre en 1989, certains tableaux avaient un nom, d'autres non. Cependant, une fois la galerie ouverte en 2013, tous les tableaux avaient un nom. La plupart du temps, le nom était unique, mais si je faisais une série de tableaux, c'est-à-dire des diptyques, des triptyques ou plus, ils étaient suivis d'un numéro. Par exemple, « Eternal Carnation #1 », « Eternal Carnation #2 », etc.

 

Pour être honnête… je ne donnais pas toujours un nom aux tableaux. C'était laissé à Francine et à ses talentueux collègues. Mais depuis que j'ai vendu mon entreprise il y a cinq ans, j'ai joué un rôle beaucoup plus actif dans le nom des tableaux.


Parce que la musique a toujours joué un rôle important dans mon processus créatif, j'ai récemment commencé à nommer de nombreux tableaux d'après la musique qui m'inspirait lorsque j'étais dans mon atelier. Si vous voyez une note de musique derrière le tableau, cela signifie que le nom vient d'un morceau de musique !

 

Ci-dessous, vous trouverez « Here Comes the Sun » qui a été écrite et chantée par George Harrison sur l’album Abbey Road des Beatles ; « Avalon » de Roxy Music ; et « Esmeralda » qui a été chantée par Garou de « Notre Dame de Paris » de Richard Cocciante et Luc Plamandon… des chansons qui jouaient pendant que je peignais ces œuvres.



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