Bernard Marie COLLET


"in the trees, leaves and layout..."

paintings



Quiet germinations, slow maturation within the hollow of the buds. Juxtaposition of frail : leaves or flowers, and of rigid : branches or roots.








"In the red tree" Oil on canvas 40 x 32 in. (private collection)




"First working with what appeals to me, then quickly reorganizing all around this first sketch. Sometimes after hours, days or weeks of work realizing that the appealing element, that of the beginning, has to be sacrificed so that the whole can endly breath."






"In the yellow tree" Oil on canvas 40 x 32 in. (private collection)



"The fight is moving. When the two surfaces are about balanced, then it maybe a third which attracts the eye by a weakness which then appears..."




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