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Crépuscule dansant / Dancing twilight (2024) Painting by Émilie Pauly
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Original Artwork (One Of A Kind)
Painting,
Acrylic
on MDF Board
- Dimensions Height 27.6in, Width 35.4in
- Artwork's condition The artwork is in perfect condition
- Framing This artwork is framed
- Categories Paintings under $20,000 Surrealism Fantasy
Dans un paysage de campagne baigné par la lumière crépusculaire, tout un petit monde fait la fête autour d'un feu de camp. Une fleur cheffe d'orchestre, en haut à gauche du tableau, semble mener la danse. Sous son action enchanteresse, même la végétation s'anime ! Deux arbres pleins d'ivresse se trémoussent, suivis d'une armée de joyeux arbrisseaux. Au-dessus des deux arbres dansants, deux klaxons volants à tête d'étoile, portés par des hélices, chantent en chœur. Un petit animal tranquille se laisse bercer par les chants sur sa balancelle de velours, tandis que deux oisillons, à sa droite, se font la conversation. Un oiseau-lustre, un peu frustré d'être suspendu là, condamné à n'être que spectateur, aimerait pouvoir se mêler à la fête donnée un peu plus bas. Autour d'un bon feu, deux drôles de créatures mi-lutin mi-oiseau, ainsi qu'une petite abeille à lunettes, sont emportées dans une danse frénétique, sous le regard amusé d'un chat masqué. Se décidera-t-il à les rejoindre ? Déposera-t-il cravate et chapeau pour entrer dans la danse ? Derrière ses allures de chat posé, pudiquement encostumé, se cache un petit félin plein d'ardeur. Sous le masque, un sourire, l'œil malicieux... Voici un tableau furieusement réjouissant !
Acrylic on MDF panel.
In a countryside landscape bathed in twilight, a small group of imaginary creatures are celebrating around a campfire. A conductor flower, at the top left of the painting, seems to be leading the dance. Under its enchanting spell, even the vegetation comes to life! Two enthusiastic trees sway, followed by an army of happy little saplings. Above the two dancing trees, two flying star-headed horns, carried by propellers, sing in chorus. A quiet little animal is lulled to sleep by the songs on its velvet swing, while two fledglings to its right make small talk. A chandelier bird, a little frustrated at hanging there, condemned to be a mere spectator, would like to be able to join in the festivities a little further down. Around a roaring fire, two strange creatures, half leprechaun, half bird, and a little bespectacled bee, are swept up in a frenetic dance, under the amused gaze of a masked cat. Will he decide to join them? Will he put down his tie and hat and join in the dance? Behind his demure, modestly encased exterior lies a little feline full of ardour. Under the mask, a smile, a mischievous eye... It's a furiously delightful picture!
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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.
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Nationality:
FRANCE
- Date of birth : 1977
- Artistic domains: Works by professional artists,
- Groups: Professional Artist Contemporary French Artists
