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Every painting tells a story or more
London artist Roselyne Chues is preparing for a show of dual paintings with theme of joy and super powers
Posted By Don Biggs
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Every picture tells a story and for artist Roselyne Chues, each one of her paintings is a multi-layered essay.
The London sculptor/painter is well known for her experimental techniques and surrealism. Her present series is a unique concept involving paintings with paralleled themes to be complemented with bronzed medallions.
“I always aim to be innovative,” said Chues. The pieces that comprise her current series are based on two themes: Pure Joy and Super Powers.
One painting will be of people, butterflies and flowers, but interwoven amongst all the layers are several different symbols that portray a story of pure joy to admirers. The second, or complementary painting, shows the person with a superpower, such as flying, again with multi-layered symbolism scattered throughout.
“This series is about how people view the outsider,” she said from her London apartment. “Maybe a person has a disability, but at the same time they are a genius on the computer. We, as a society, will be better for accepting the outsider, protecting these people and utilizing them in our society.”
She describes one painting as a journey with the outsider looking away and all of the sunflowers protecting him, with sunflowers symbolizing adoration. “There is an air of acceptance…a journey of prosperity,” she says.
The coins or medallions will feature a portrait of the Pure Joy painting and on the flipside, the corresponding Super Power design that complements both paintings in the series.
It is a work in progress where her normal showings are anywhere from 10-12 pieces, but due to the multiple themes and the coins, she believes that the number of compositions will be more than double her usual output.
The exhibition should be completed this year or at the very latest, in 2011. Chues is contacting several local and regional galleries about a possible showing, but it is a long process and most are booked two years in advance.
Also in the works is an application for the Canadian Council for the Arts grant, that will financially assist her with the production of the medallions and other cost-prohibitive expenses.
“This series I am working on has developed over the last few years,” Chues said. “I look at the first part of the painting and then I do research on other symbols that I use throughout, so it is a painstaking process. But I really want the painting to be an essay for the viewer, and that is what they tell me they see.”
One of Chues’s fortes is instilling a sense of motion in the paintings and sculptures, not an easy feat to accomplish, but one she does with ease.”I don’t paint to just make things pretty, although I want people to think they are pretty,” she said. “My goal is that people can use my paintings for a cause, and if some posters were made out of these paintings it would be great.”
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