Dreamings.…and a Parisian Artist

Chris Claisse

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The Earth Is Round.

Par chris -  23 Décembre 2014, 18:03

"There are three types of people in this world, whom when placed in a room, either stare at the door, the window or the art. He who fixes the door does not want to know the truth, he who targets the window cannot handle the truth, he who studies the art makes love with the truth.

Art is Truth, and is made from dreams. By deduction, this does not make all Artists Dreamers, not does it make of each Dreamer an Artist. 

He who decides to hang dreams on his wall is the smartest person in the world, for he is the one who has understood that dreams are the windows to the soul. 

He who hangs his own dreams on his wall is still asleep; 

He who hangs other peoples' dreams on his wall is a collector; 

He who hangs nothing on his wall is already dead."  ………………………. Dorothy Lina Rosenblum (An interview with a blue whale)

What do you think of the above quote?

It's good isn't it…..and dare I say….probably true.

My dear Parisian blogging friend, Christian Claisse, emailed it to me the other day.

Christian's a wonderful Parisian artist.  That's his glorious work above.

I remember he left a message on my blog one day back in June 2012 (there's a link below)……that's when we had our first 'e-connection' and ever since we've ticked tacked across the blogosphere.

We seem to like similar things….and Chris has a wonderful, dry sense of humour that I love! He's just recovered from a terrible "triptych" but is doing extremely well now!!!!

Chris also writes an Art blog called "le-banc-moussu" direct from Paris and it's the only blog that I followed when I returned to Australia in 2013.  His blogs posts are fascinating....beautifully photographed and he writes about the 'essence' of the works.

When I travel with Christian on his blog to those Parisian Art galleries, I'm miraculously whisked away to my Parisian dream once again!

Chris is having an exhibition in Paris soon at the very beautiful La Maison Blanche below.

So if you happen to be in Paris at this time….and May is the best time to be in Paris…then, as Molly would say, "Do yourself a favour…..".

Christian's contact details are as follows:
christian.claisse@wanadoo.fr
http://chrisclaisse.com
http://www.le-banc-moussu.com

And now for my recent dreamings....about Cooroy.

Detail….Cooroy I

I've had so much inspiration from my recent visit to Cooroy, that my home is bursting with new works. This series of drawings and collages is called the Cooroy Collection/Connection.

You'll see my interpretation of the Cooroy trees, light, bark, green, archway and crystal chandelier, birds, insects, rust, shadows, wire, fences....and calm.

Here they are…hope you like them.

I know I should be putting these works onto a proper Art website….but I guess I'd rather be making Art than fiddling on the computer….and whenever you start fiddling on the computer it always takes twice as long as you expected.

Unfortunately, I have one huge failing....absolutely no patience with computers!!!!!!!!!!

Detail....Cooroy I (with feather from the property)
Drawing and Rubbing
Ink, charcoal, vintage wax seal, carbon, pencil, goauche, tea stains.

Detail….Cooroy II
Drawing and Rubbing
Ink, charcoal, pencil, carbon, lead pencil, gouache.
vintage wax seal, feather, tea stains

Cooroy II
Drawing and Rubbing
Ink, gouache, carbon, lead pencil
vintage wax seal, feather, tea stains

Cooroy VI
Collage and Rubbing
Inks, charcoal, leaf, carbon,vintage paper

Detail….Cooroy VI
Collage and Rubbing

Cooroy IV
Collage and Rubbing
Inks, charcoal, vintage paper, leaf
vintage wax seal, feather

Detail…Cooroy IV

Detail....Cooroy IV

Cooroy V
Collage and Rubbing
Inks, aerosol paint, vintage wax seal, feather, charcoal

Detail....Cooroy V 

Cooroy VIII (with rust flake)
Collage
Ink, charcoal, goauche, rust flake, embossing, stamp

Cooroy VII (with pressed wisteria blossom)
Collage
Inks, gouache, charcoal, pressed blossom, embossing, carbon, stamp

Detail....Cooroy IX (with vermillion leaf from the property)
Collage
Ink, embossing, leaf, carbon.

Detail….Cooroy IX 

Lots of detail as you can see....and still lots more to do....the series isn't finished yet.

Will it ever be?   I seriously doubt it!

Ciao,

Robyn

P.S.  If you'd like a Cooroy collage....just email me.

You may also like my posts on:
http://parisallons-y.blogspot.com.au/2012/06/sunday-in-paris.html
http://parisallons-y.blogspot.com.au/2015/01/bit-of-paradise-bop-1-2.html