Oil on cardboard – 7 x 9,5 inch – Unique work

That evening, I received a phone call from my daughter. The day before, everything seemed to be going wonderfully. And then, when she woke up in the morning, she was no longer well at all. But she had to go to a concert, at the Zénith, in Paris. Lindsey Stirling’s concert. I took her place…

I arrive at the scene, I find her boyfriend and his family and here I am sitting, waiting. Suddenly, the violin resonates, and Lindsey appears, an exceptional dancer, an incredible acrobat who masters her instrument to perfection. Then the colors arrive … And there, for me, time stopped, literally.

Just a few hours ago, I started drawing a new painting. And tonight, the gift of the universe: colors. They impose themselves on me, like never before. Red, orange, blue, purple, yellow and green. Lindsey’s dancers each wear one of these colors, the spotlights send these same colors throughout the concert, again and again to flood the stage with love and life. Joy, happiness invite themselves to the Zenith. The audience becomes one.

Lindsey speaks during her show, a lot in fact. And every word she says resonates with me. I absolutely had to hear her speech at that precise moment in my life. It was incredible. The power of possibilities and of “I’m not there yet”! Everything is there, everything is said. You just have to trust, have faith and let it happen.

The day after this unique evening, I am with my painting, in front of my easel and without thinking too much, I choose each color carefully. Very quickly I get the red and orange that I want, these are colors that I have already used. So I find the mixture without problem. And I decide that this combination will be perfect for the sky.

Then for the water, I’m in with blue and purple. The blue came quickly. On the other hand, the purple, as always, was a real challenge. It took me more than an hour! But I am happy with the result!

As for the yellow and the green, I preferred to use them together, sometimes emphasizing one, sometimes the other. And there you have it!

In the end, the painting is exactly what I wanted: unique!