pleinair

For painting, natural phenomena constitute the image of the visible, Eikon (icon). The history of Eikon, paradoxically, begins around 700 AD precisely with its denial (iconoclasm), when Christianity, the mystery of God’s incarnation, opposing the ban on images in Greek and Jewish cultures, not only permitted but actually encouraged and supported Eikon to the point …

Cézanne’s lesson. Plein air painting is practical: it’s first and foremost about having a sustained experience over time, so it’s necessary to let go of the idea of ​​creating a “painting”! Regarding plein air painting, we must rediscover the painters’ primary inspiration, particularly that of Cézanne, the man who fully realized it. The question of …

The meaning of painting en plein air today does not lie in a vague “inspiration from nature,” in capturing the light of a moment or the spirit of a place. No. Painting en plein air is first and foremost an experience, exquisitely pictorial. It was initially the Romantic spirit that drove painters away from the …

Painting Workshop is a popular term for one or multi-day seminars in which painting is practised intensively. They refer to classes of varying sizes where the practice is shared; they are therefore also social events and typically strengthen relationships between participants. “Expression cannot be the translation of a clear thought, because clear thoughts are those …