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There are also numerous references to reflections on water, and water as a   said that whilst they do bend, they never break. Stylized reeds reminiscent
        mirror in this collection, inspired by Alphonse de lamartine’s poem “le lac”   of long bird feathers are present as a signature in almost all of my paintings
        (The lake): “Constantly pushed toward new coasts like this, swept away   in this symbolic collection, in particular: “reed Song“, “last boats”, “venezia“,
        into eternal night without return on the ocean of the ages can we never   “Spring Autopsy”, “reaching for k’Ouen louen”, “Eternal return or the Secret
        cast anchor for a single day? O time, suspend your flight! And you, happy   of the blue bird”, ”Hope-Fool”, “A Jade Dream” and “Tears from Above”.
        hours, suspend your race: let us savor the fleet delights of our fairest days!   “Evanescence” raises existential issues and is therefore quintessentially a
        let us love then, let us love! let us revel in the flying hour - Hurry! Man has   romantic collection, in the literary meaning of the word. There is however
        no harbor, Time has no shore; it flows, and we pass!” (*)   no place for despair here – the streaks of color which convey the impression
        I imagine this lake guiding us between its shores fringed with reeds,   of a vanishing dream are neither tears nor the sign of a bleeding heart… On
        thoughtful, fragile and yet so resilient, those of whom Jean de la Fontaine   the contrary, I have used all the colors of the rainbow to sing this high and
                                                                 clear: “Carpe Diem! Enjoy today for all it has to offer, for time goes by and
                                                                 life soon runs its course”.
            reaCHinG For K'oUen LoUen, 2010 ACrylIC ON CANvAS 23,5x23,5 IN. /60x80 CM.




















































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