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Sur l'île de Polysémie / On the island of Polysemy (2020) Painting by Émilie Pauly
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Painting,
Gouache
on Paper
- Dimensions Height 25.6in, Width 19.7in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in very good condition
- Framing This artwork is not framed
- Categories Paintings under $500 Naive Art Fantasy
Ce tableau représente une plage en fête. Tandis que la sirène bleue tente d'approcher la sirène vêtue de rouge pour la séduire, un coq vert portant une famille fleurie sur la tête se dirige vers la mer. La famille fleurie hésite à donner ses petits à la mer. Pendant ce temps, d'autres "petits" ont pris leur envol depuis longtemps, que ce soit ce "grand" caneton qui file sur sa barque vers l'horizon, ou le petit oiseau dans son navire volant, accompagné de la lune, qu'il a décrochée, et d'un chat farceur, qu'il a "hissé" comme on hisse une voile. Ces petits ne sont plus si innocents et veulent croquer la vie à pleines dents ! Le caneton sur sa barque est pourvu d'une queue vorace, ouvrant un large bec pour tenter de dévorer un poisson plongeant à ses côtés. À l'arrière plan du tableau, un palmier aux allures de toucan sourit en contemplant la scène.
Gouache on paper.
This painting depicts a festive beach. While the blue mermaid is trying to approach the mermaid dressed in red to seduce her, a green cockerel wearing a flowery family on its head is heading for the sea. The flowery family are reluctant to give their young to the sea. Meanwhile, other "little ones" have long since taken to the skies, whether it's the "big" duckling racing towards the horizon on its boat, or the little bird in its flying ship, accompanied by the moon, which it has unhooked, and a mischievous cat, which it has "hoisted" like a sail. These little ones aren't so innocent any more! They want to live life to the full! The duckling on its boat has a voracious tail, opening a wide beak to try and devour a fish diving alongside it. In the background of the painting, a toucan-like palm tree smiles as it contemplates the scene.
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Peinture De PlagePeinture De Bord De MerPeinture De SirènesPeinture De Monde ImaginaireTableau Fantastique
A self-taught artist, I started painting around ten years ago, shortly after my son was born.
What led me to painting? Essentially the need to escape a boring working life, to reconnect with my childhood dreams at a time when I'd lost my way, and the desire to bring fantasy to everyone (young and old). I was fascinated by the magnificent illustrations I'd discovered in the children's books I'd read to my son, and I'd wanted to create my own images, my own paintings, that would tell the story of my inner world, my dreams, my fantasies, my ideals. I wanted to paint what moved me so that I'd never forget it, so that I'd have a memory of it that I could pass on and communicate.
When I create characters in pencil, I never know in advance what I'm going to draw. I let my hand go and then I see what appears. I like not knowing where my gesture is going to take me. I like to be surprised by what emerges from the first strokes of my pencil. I have the pleasant impression of accessing something of myself that had been lost (in my subconscious or in my distant memories, who knows?).
When I've collected a large enough number of pencil drawings, I look for the ones that could be put together in the same scene, the characters who could have adventures together in the same painting. I spend a lot of time creating these compositions. Once I've worked out which characters have something to say to each other and what setting they could be in, I start painting. I always paint my background first (a natural landscape) and then insert my characters. Everything is done in gouache.
Painting and drawing seemed to me to be more reliable means of expression than texts and speeches. As a linguist by training, I spent a long time working on words and the construction of meaning when I was preparing my doctoral thesis. The polysemy in languages can be so dizzying! Although I'm always sensitive to the poetry of literary works and the beauty of well-crafted arguments, I'm now less moved by them than by the poetry or beauty of images. Words, sometimes misleading or a source of misunderstanding, never colourful enough or on the contrary too saturated, can't do everything. When we no longer know what to say or how to say it, when words fail us, when silence imposes itself, painting, sculpture, music or dance can take over, for the pleasure of all.
- Nationality: FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1977
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- Groups: Contemporary French Artists