Posts Tagged ‘hunting’

Here is the finished painting of the approching Lioness.

"Aluna" - Oil on canvas

Since last time, I added the foregrounds  : more sharpen near the lioness with high grass hiding, then blurry  closer in order to have a depht sensation. The result is photographic like , as I wanted. Read the rest of this entry »

On my easel, a lioness hunting. I wanted to capture the moment “before”: the meticulous approach, sort of furtive way towards the prey.

Hunting Lioness - 120 x 50 cm

The gaze is fixed, the head does not move, shoulders swaying gently, only the tail may betray his presence, as if she couldn’t control her excitement until her extremity  (wouhaou it sounds like poetry …). Read the rest of this entry »

For the first time in its history, Versailles organize an exhibition about King Louis XIV from  October 20th 2009 to February 7th, 2010.

The exhibition  Louis XIV, the man and the king brings together over 300 exceptional works from collections around the world, and never met until today. Paintings, sculptures, Art objects and furniture will be exposed.  These masterpieces, some never presented in France from the Ancien Regime, allow the public to better know the famous monarch through his personal tastes than his public image.

This is an opportunity to discover the incredible collection of animal paintings ordered by Louis XIV, including its wildlife artist favorite, Alexandre-Francois Desportes. Read the rest of this entry »