This 2-man show was held at Gallery Stephan Woelk in St Paul de Vence, France. Stephan’s vision of our works together was, as you can see, quite original and outstanding.
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- 2-man show with creator Michel Haillard
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- Mr Bones enjoying the sun
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- Entering the gallery…
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- This is Michel… twice
The Eidolon Series represents over 2 years of personal research on the strength and beauty of the human spirit and aesthetic.
The show can be seen in Paris, at the Galerie L’Œil du Prince from Oct 11 – 28, 2012… and I am super excited about it!
After scoring the Prix Taylor at the Grand Palais in the end of November I was invited to show at the 150th Anniversary of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts’ exhibition in the Carrousel du Louvre in December 2011. My painting Impetus was awarded the Bronze Medal at the awards ceremony that just happened to be on my birthday. Cool gift!
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- SNBA = la Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts
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- the long list of artists showing; D1 is where it’s at!
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- as one would expect in the Louvre, it’s a pretty classy affair
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- right before the awards ceremony
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- excellent live music
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- the President’s address
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- actors reciting letters between Courbet, Théophile Gautier and Manet
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- scoring the Bronze Medal! (in paper form)
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- I can’t recall if this was an enjoyable or disagreeable exchange… but the pic is hilarious!
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- the usual madness of taking down the show; always good fun
The gallery L’Oeil du Prince here in Paris organized a group show of only small-format works from December 1-22, 2011. I managed to crank out 28 paintings for the show in the month preceding the opening, which was good fun and absolutely packed with people.
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- Each artist had a section of a wall to fill however he/she chose. I had 28 paintings all together.
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- a few of the other sections
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- over 400 people at the vernissage!
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- helping Yann out with the fine wines
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- some much-needed rest at the end of the evening
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- an example of the 30×30 cm paintings
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- 30×30 cm
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- 30×30 cm
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- an example of the 20×20 cm paintings
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- 20×20 cm
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- 10 x 10 cm, the smallest paintings I’ve ever done!
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- 10×10 cm
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- 10×10 cm
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- 10×10 cm
My painting Soumission (oil on canvas, 223,6 x 100 cm) was on display in the Grand Palais for the annual Salon Art en Capital from November 22 – 27, 2011. Over 40 000 visitors came to the show during the week, and Soumission proved to be quite the hit. In addition to the public acclaim the long-standing French organisation, the Taylor Foundation, awarded the painting with their prestigious Prix Taylor, a prize that is awarded to only a handful of artworks per year.
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- Le Grand Palais
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- black walls, red carpet, perfect spot
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- under the massive atrium on opening night
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- there was always a crowd around Soumission
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- the star of the painting
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- the iPad proved quite useful
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- taking a closer look
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- a lot of people enjoyed checking out the size of the hand
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- juxtaposing one of my 10cm foot studies with the real thing
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- art critic taking it in
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- my surprise when the jury of the Taylor Foundation announced I received their 1st prize
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- the jury representatives from the Taylor Foundation
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- wonderful natural light by day
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- the madness of 2000+ artists reclaiming their works at the end of the show
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- FINALLY get to relax a bit… and eat
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- though I loved the 10k walk, I decided to dismount the painting and take the metro on the way back home
Just for kicks I wanted to transport my large painting Soumission from studio to Le Grand Palais on foot, just like the old guys back in the day. Once I found out it was an even 10 kilometers from my studio door to the doors of the Grand Palais the title all of a sudden had a nice ring to it: The Grand Palais 10k. It was good fun traversing Paris’s various hot spots and chic avenues carrying the large painting, especially since my dear friend Anna was helping (and taking all the pics). The fact that it turned out to be such a beautiful day was the perfect touch.
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- last-minute preparations before the long haul
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- all ready to go!
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- the march begins
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- about 2k covered…
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- getting a bit mixed up along the way
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- almost there! standing next to the Place de la Concorde
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- 3-and-a-half hours later!
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- dropping off the painting for the big début
