Category: Cosmopolitan (Page 9 of 10)

The Bridge of Sighs

 

Watercolor / Gouache – 7,87 x 5,90 inch – Unique work

Just by saying its name, I have goose pimple. Far from the romanticism of Venice, this emblematic place indicates a completely closed bridge leading prisoners from the courthouse to prison.

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Sightseeing

Watercolor/ Gouache on white paper – 11,81 x 7,87 inch – Unique work

What’s more exciting than visiting New York? Frankly, I haven’t found!

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Irish ruins

Watercolor – 5,90 x 7,87 inch – Unique work

As I and my daughter spent two weeks holidays in Ireland with a couple of friends and their son, I particularly remember this ruin.

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Starbucks Coffee

Watercolor / Red chalk on white paper – 5,90 x 7,87 inch – Unique work

Just arrived at the office, I already count the seconds, the minutes, the hours remaining to reach the sacred moment of lunchtime.

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From elsewhere

Inspired by Albrecht Dürer (1471-1528) – The mill of the willows (1496) – Oil on canvas – 14,96 x 21,65 inch

Bree crossed the oceans, the moors, the dangers, to land in this lost corner of America.

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One day I’ll go to New York …

Charcoal / White chalk / Red chalk on white paper – 11,81 x 7,87 inch – Unique work

As I sang this song in my head, as my wished holidays in the countryside had just fallen by the wayside, as my best computer friend guided me, I decided to fly to the city that never sleeps: New York.

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Melancholy

 

Watercolor – Black stone – 6,10 x 8,66 inch – Unique work

I got up this morning and you were there, in the back of my mind, melancholy. My childhood flashed before my eyes. Eventually, part of my childhood, a tiny, tiny part, moreover. I’d rather forget the rest of it. It was summer, I remember. In Scotland, such a rough country and warm too. The evenings, hidden in a corner of a cozy pub. The huge glasses of beer, the hot and alcoholic atmosphere of the locals. I was impressed by these raucous and rolling accents. I never catched a word but I loved listening. I was rocked by this unknown language.

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A tough winter

Inspired by Camille Pissaro (1830 – 1903) – Hoarfrost – Oil on canvas – 10,63 x 13,78 inch

Louis feels tired, so tired. Another winter once more. He doesn’t stop aging, year after year. He really can’t take it anymore. He is like his grand-daughter saying “throughout her life”!

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Eilean Donan castle

Watercolor / Black stone – 6,10 x 8,66 inch – Unique work

Ellen is thrilled to walk on this mere stone bridge that connects Eilean Donan Castle to the continent. She now overlooks Loch Duich. No raids of vikings in sight, nor pirates of the west islands.

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Miller, you’re sleeping

Inspired by Johan Barthold Jongkind (1819-1891) – Mill near a canal in Holland (July 19, 1867) – Water color / Black stone – 5,55 x 10,43 inch

Hans hung around with some friends all night. He loves to party, drink until he loses control. With his mates every weekend, it’s up to whoever gets drunk dead as quickly as possible. Although youth is far behind them. They are all married and fathers of several children each. And yet, vice is still there. Their wives gave up. Hans’s wife left with their three kids last week. She had enough of this selfish and dangerous lifestyle. Finding yourself alone, keeping an eye on the car’s engine in the driveway …

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