by Yves M. Larocque | Apr 30, 2020 | art classes Italy France, Art History, General, Inspiration |Thoughts
We are not living a crisis but a change of time “Urinal, you are” fountain “, and on this fountain, I will build my art! “(Christine Sourgins, Mirages of Contemporary Art, yet to be translated in English) Well, I have read Christine...
by Yves M. Larocque | Mar 22, 2020 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting
Thanks to everyone for your kind messages during these challenging times for all. Throughout the years more and more we realize that many of our lifelong friendships have been built around our workshops. Yes, we are doing well here in the Ottawa countryside. Life can...
by Yves M. Larocque | Feb 20, 2020 | art classes Italy France, art retreat, General, Painting | plein air
Approach your painting “empirically” Many years ago, during a trip to Florence, I discovered the luminous paintings by the Macchiaioli at the Gallery of Modern Art in the Palazzo Pitti and immediately felt connected to their painting approach. Since then, I always say...
by Yves M. Larocque | Dec 21, 2019 | art classes Italy France, General, Inspiration |Thoughts, Painting, Painting | plein air
You may, but… Back in 1997, during the very first days of Walk the Arts painting workshops in Tuscany and Provence, I would paint with the group. After a couple of years, I came to realize that I was not fully dedicating my time to my budding artists. Indeed,...
by Yves M. Larocque | Sep 5, 2019 | General, Ideas
Working in Series I imagine this famous scene of the post-coital cigarette seen in so many movies: the couple of a one-night-stand against the bed headboard, under the sheets, in the dark, intertwined by the fumaroles of a cigarette. It’s over. They seem...
by Yves M. Larocque | May 1, 2019 | Art | Religion | Theory, General, Painting, Painting | plein air
Why painting the same chickadee? Confronted with the landscape, the artist needs to surrender to nature in order to truly express on canvas the unique emotions and feelings resulting from this challenge. Here, Zoe letting go in the Val d’Orcia during our...
