Vickx
A cosmopolitan artist, born 1949 in Prague, hides former scientist and dissident from the ex-comunist, behind the iron curtain, country. Lives and Works since 1996 in the French Riviera . Major thematic exhibitions are the "Synergy Feminine", "Provence de Vickx in Oil and Acrylics", the "AbstractionEgo " and "Idea Alma Mater". His realisations such as oil paintings, sculptures, designs and installations have been concretized mostly in Europe and America. His passion for sports, the adventure and underwater photography stimulates and fuels his creativity. Finally he calls this new style the Adrenalism with definition i.e.
"The Art expression from the Cosmopolitain View to the Univers as a Reflexion of Substantial Physical Effort for Permanent Discovery of the New Things".
.....then the Painting has become my universal communication language....
Master Degree Prague and Toronto, PhD Montreal
Discover contemporary artworks by Vickx, browse recent artworks and buy online. Categories: contemporary french artists. Artistic domains: Painting, Sculpture. Account type: Artist , member since 2010 (Country of origin Canada). Buy Vickx's latest works on Artmajeur: Discover great art by contemporary artist Vickx. Browse artworks, buy original art or high end prints.
Artist Value, Biography, Artist's studio:
Provence de Vickx in Oil and Acrylics • 47 artworks
View allSynergie Féminine • 26 artworks
View alltout au long de ces années, elle apparait nue
telle une muse dans les brumes du paradis,
et se dévoile sous les traits de mon pinceau
pour s'accomplir enfin dans
la "SYNERGIE FEMININE"
Idea Alma Mater • 39 artworks
View allAbstraction Ego • 22 artworks
View allSculptures & Plastic Art • 20 artworks
View allRecognition
Biography
A cosmopolitan artist, born 1949 in Prague, hides former scientist and dissident from the ex-comunist, behind the iron curtain, country. Lives and Works since 1996 in the French Riviera . Major thematic exhibitions are the "Synergy Feminine", "Provence de Vickx in Oil and Acrylics", the "AbstractionEgo " and "Idea Alma Mater". His realisations such as oil paintings, sculptures, designs and installations have been concretized mostly in Europe and America. His passion for sports, the adventure and underwater photography stimulates and fuels his creativity. Finally he calls this new style the Adrenalism with definition i.e.
"The Art expression from the Cosmopolitain View to the Univers as a Reflexion of Substantial Physical Effort for Permanent Discovery of the New Things".
.....then the Painting has become my universal communication language....
Master Degree Prague and Toronto, PhD Montreal
- Nationality: CANADA
- Date of birth : 1949
- Artistic domains:
- Groups: Contemporary Canadian Artists
Influences
Education
Artist value certified
Achievements
Activity on Artmajeur
Latest News
All the latest news from contemporary artist Vickx
The Art starts with the Fantasy.
Pastel (*Technique abandonnée par Vickx)
PEINTURE ACRYLIQUE (*Technique moderne préférée de Vickx)
PEINTURE A l'HUILE (*Technique reine préférée de Vickx)
Invisible Art stealing my_Tree of Life
An unusual new museum has just been established; MONA,short for the American Museum of Non-Visible Art. Now you can buy artworks that don't actually exist, instead, you receive a description of the "work". So far, one artlover has paid 10 000$ for Fresh Air. Sucker or visionary? It's in the eye of the beholder.
It left stated that among participants, Monica Jacobs, just succeeded to steal the name "Tree of Life" from my concrete and visual artwork created already in 2001. I wondered she would be willing to exchange it for that my original at the same price...... IDEA ALMA MATER
Mes Meilleurs Voeux
Joyeux Noel et Excellente Année Nouvelle 2012
Artistiquement votre
Vickx
Vaclav Havel+ .... (Velvet Revolution)
Ex-president, grand philanthropist and humanist, my friend Vaclav Havel suddenly disappeared yesterday on Dec.18, 2011. Let us remember the important role he played within and after the Velvet revolution 1989 in Prague, Czech Republic. With his natural and such outstanding human modesty of his character, he became a Symbol for hundred millions of people all around the world. "The 2nd Velvet Revolution" created by Vickx, has been the property of Vaclav Havel since 2009. This was my small personal participation as to make still alive the importance of the event at its 20th anniversary. Vaclav Havel is dead...Live the Velvet Revolution.
VICKX Sponsoring Handicap 06
VICKX Sponsoring Handicap 06
SYNERGIE FEMININE
Exposition individuelle de VICKX
du 8 janvier au 6 février 2009
Espace Cybermoutonne
26, avenue Mathias Duval
06130 Grasse
France
Vernissage le jeudi 8 janvier 2009 à 19h00
Entrée public Lu-Ve de 17h15-19h15
KIOSQUE Mai 2011 (Mensuel de Grasse et pays grassois) page 5/51
RETRO 15
Ouverture officielle de l'exposition le 3 Mai 2011 et Voir article ci-contre
KIOSQUE Mai 2011 (Mensuel de Grasse et pays grassois) page 5/51
OIL PAINTING (*technique preferred by VICKX)
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil — especially in early modern Europe, linseed oil. Often an oil such as linseed was boiled with a resin such as pine resin or even frankincense; these were called 'varnishes' and were prized for their body and gloss. Other oils occasionally used include poppyseed oil, walnut oil, and safflower oil. These oils confer various properties to the oil paint, such as less yellowing or different drying times. Certain differences are also visible in the sheen of the paints depending on the oil. Painters often use different oils in the same painting depending on specific pigments and effects desired. The paints themselves also develop a particular consistency depending on the medium.
Although oil paint was first used for the Buddhist Paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western Afghanistan sometime between the fifth and ninth centuries, it did not gain popularity until the 15th century. Its practice may have migrated westward during the Middle Ages. Oil paint eventually became the principal medium used for creating artworks as its advantages became widely known. The transition began with Early Netherlandish painting in northern Europe, and by the height of the Renaissance oil painting techniques had almost completely replaced tempera paints in the majority of Europe.
Although oil paint was first used for the Buddhist Paintings by Indian and Chinese painters in western Afghanistan sometime between the fifth and ninth centuries, it did not gain popularity until the 15th century. Its practice may have migrated westward during the Middle Ages. Oil paint eventually became the principal medium used for creating artworks as its advantages became widely known. The transition began with Early Netherlandish painting in northern Europe, and by the height of the Renaissance oil painting techniques had almost completely replaced tempera paints in the majority of Europe.
Traditional oil painting techniques often begin with the artist sketching the subject onto the canvas with charcoal or thinned paint. Oil paint is usually mixed with linseed oil, artist grade mineral spirits or other solvents to create a thinner, faster or slower drying paint. A basic rule of oil paint application is 'fat over lean.' This means that each additional layer of paint should contain more oil than the layer below to allow proper drying. If each additional layer contains less oil, the final painting will crack and peel. There are many other media that can be used in oil painting, including cold wax, resins, and varnishes. These additional media can aid the painter in adjusting the translucency of the paint, the sheen of the paint, the density or 'body' of the paint, and the ability of the paint to hold or conceal the brushstroke. These variables are closely related to the expressive capacity of oil paint.
Traditionally, paint was transferred to the painting surface using paint brushes, but there are other methods, including using palette knives and rags. Oil paint remains wet longer than many other types of artists' materials, enabling the artist to change the color, texture or form of the figure. At times, the painter might even remove an entire layer of paint and begin anew. This can be done with a rag and some turpentine for a certain time while the paint is wet, but after a while, the hardened layer must be scraped. Oil paint dries by oxidation, not evaporation, and is usually dry to the touch within a span of two weeks. It is generally dry enough to be varnished in six months to a year. Art conservators do not consider an oil painting completely dry until it is 60 to 80 years old.
la Vigne rouge
(after Vincent van Gogh)
81 x 100cm
oil on canvas
V103C429
Atelier grasse 2003
ACRYLIC PAINT (* technique preferred by Vickx)
Acrylic paint is fast drying paint containing pigment suspension in acrylic polymer emulsion. Acrylic paints can be diluted with water, but become water-resistant when dry. Depending on how much the paint is diluted (with water) or modified with acrylic gels, media, or pastes, the finished acrylic painting can resemble a watercolor or an oil painting, or have its own unique characteristics not attainable with other media.
Dr. Otto Rohm invented acrylic resin, which quickly transformed into acrylic paint. Acrylics were first made commercially available in the 1950s. These were mineral spirit-based paints called Magna[1] offered by Bocour Artist Colors. Water-based acrylic paints were subsequently sold as "latex" house paints, although acrylic dispersion uses no latex derived from a rubber tree. Interior "latex" house paints tend to be a combination of binder (sometimes acrylic, vinyl, pva, and others), filler, pigment, and water. Exterior "latex" house paints may also be a "co-polymer" blend, but the very best exterior water-based paints are 100% acrylic.[2] Soon after the water-based acrylic binders were introduced as house paints, artists and companies alike began to explore the potential of the new binders. Water-soluble artists' acrylic paints became commercially available in the 1950s, offered by Liquitex, with high-viscosity paints similar to those made today becoming available in the early 1960s.
Alpes of Provence/ St-Maurin
46 x 55cm, plein-air
Acrylics on canvas
Maljasset 2001
V101C401
Pastel (*technique used & left over by Vickx)
Pastel is an art medium in the form of a stick, consisting of pure powdered pigment and a binder. The pigments used in pastels are the same as those used to produce all colored art media, including oil paints; the binder is of a neutral hue and low saturation.
The color effect of pastels is closer to the natural dry pigments than that of any other process.[1]
The noun "pastel" gives rise to:
* another noun, for an artwork whose medium is pastels
* a verb, meaning to produce an artwork with pastels
* an adjective, meaning pale in color
Pastel sticks or crayons consist of pure powdered pigment combined with a binder. The exact composition and characteristics of an individual pastel stick depends on the type of pastel and the type and amount of binder used. It also varies by individual manufacturer.
Dry pastels have historically used binders such as gum arabic and gum tragacanth. Methyl cellulose was introduced as a binder in the twentieth century. Often a chalk or gypsum component is present. They are available in varying degrees of hardness, the softer varieties being wrapped in paper.
Dry pastel media can be subdivided as follows:
* Soft pastels: This is the most widely used form of pastel. The sticks have a higher portion of pigment and less binder, resulting in brighter colors. The drawing can be readily smudged and blended, but it results in a higher proportion of dust. Finished drawings made with soft pastels require protecting, either framing under glass or spraying with a fixative to prevent smudging.
* Hard pastels: These have a higher portion of binder and less pigment, producing a sharp drawing material that is useful for fine details. These can be used with other pastels for drawing outlines and adding accents. However the colors are less brilliant than with soft pastels.
* Pastel pencils: These are pencils with a pastel lead. They are useful for adding fine details.
In addition, pastels using a different approach to manufacture have been developed:
* Oil pastels: These have a soft, buttery consistency and intense colors. They are slightly more difficult to blend than soft pastels, but do not require a fixative.
Fall (1972)
30 x 40cm
Dry Pastel in double glaze
V110C072
Mixed Techniques (*Technique adorred by Vickx)
As a growing variety of paint mediums have become more widely available in recent decades, the prevalence of artists working in mixed media has continued to expand. For its sheer diversity, mixed media painting is an art form that holds many interesting possibilities.
Mixed media painting techniques are as diverse as the media being used in a given piece of art. Some basic painting techniques involving layering of transparent colors (known as glazing) and applying different types of brushwork add interest, depth and variety to a mixed media painting. One interesting technique is known as wax resist, and involves simply rubbing a white wax crayon on a surface before painting. The wax-coated areas resist paint or any other medium, such as ink, that is applied to the painting. Use this technique to create highlights in certain areas of the image.
Use a serrated knife to add texture to wet paint, as for corrugated metal effects. Build up surface textures using gesso, heavy body mediums (available in craft and hobby stores), and modeling paste. Allow any mediums not mixed with paint to dry completely before adding other media to the surface. Use sponges to create various textures in paint, such as blurred colors for backgrounds or in organic forms.
Le Corail d'Or (1997)
60 x 50 x 4cm
Plastic Art - Mixed Technique
Natural Coral, resin and acrylics on canvas board
V097C334
Exposition
VICKX atelier Grasse French Riviera présente son parcours d'artiste dans la Région depuis 15 ans.
Relais du Plan
Ville de Grasse
5, avenue LouisCauvin
Ouvert Lu-Je 10-12 et 14-18h
du 3 au 19 Mai 2011
Vernissage le 3 Mai à 18-19h
Renseignements 04.93.70.33.42
vickx
Journal Nice-Matin on May 5, France, 2011
Tonight at 18 hours, will take place the opening of the exhibition of the painter VICKX relay Plan of Grasse, French Riviera.
Kiosque mensuel Mai 2011
Answer from Lance Armstrong
Dear vick,
I just finished the Tour Down Under, an intense 470-mile race through southern Australia.
It's where I made my return to competition just three years ago. And it’s also my last competitive cycling event abroad.
In 2011, I'll be riding for fun, for fitness and for the cause that has been at the center of my life ever since I heard those three words—"You have cancer."
This year, I plan on spending less time chasing yellow jerseys, and more time raising awareness and funds in the fight against cancer.
And I'm hoping you'll do that right along with me. Will you join me and thousands of Team LIVESTRONG participants in stepping up our efforts on behalf of the 28 million cancer survivors worldwide?
I'll see you out there on the road.
Thanks,
Lance Armstrong
2011/01/24