MOUNTAIN VILLAGE

Acrylic Painting on Canvas, 2009
Size (H x W): 20" x 16"
Re-imagining Series.
 
This work is a re-imagining of "Houses at L'Estaque", an oil painting by Georges Braque (1908) considered the first "Cubist landscape" (following derisory acclaim).
 
L'Estaque is a fisherman’s village in the surroundings of Marseille and is well-known for its fabulous landscapes celebrated by the French painter Paul Cézanne. In my version summer heat of the original is transformed to a winter scene.
 
With further development of a stylised approach to landscape and another opportunity to play with perspective and repetition of geometric 3D shapes I was transported to an early art class with Philippe Nolle. Outlining makes the colours pop and helps the contrasts including hot and cold. It's certainly chillier at the top.
 
(See the exhibition for more on the inspiration behind this work)