Ild d’ Orleans
“The canvas is first prepared with a
coat of burnt sienna. That is the light
that integrates all the subject matter.
This coat appears everywhere on the canvas and is one important
characteristic of my technique. That burned
sienna is the light that integrates the scene and gives it the desired
vibration. The second important
characteristic is the heavy impasto I deposit on the canvas which makes
possible the random rendering of the subject.
The third is the vibration of the layers of colors when they are one
beside the others to create the atmosphere, the ambiance, and the temperature
of the moment. The fourth is the mix of
numbers of colors in the same brush stroke, giving the flickering effect. Then comes the loose movement I give to each
stroke, as if the wind is playing with it, which gives the painting the desired
of movement.”
-Samir Sammoun
**Page 7, “Note
from the Artist”-Samir Sammoun Walking with the Giants, J.R. Mooney
Galleries, May 2010
Ile d’ Orleans
Samir Sammounb
12” x 16”
Oil on Canvas
$3480.00
A vivacious outlook, Ile d’ Orleans is vibrant glow of
exaggerated hues, reminiscent of the 1960’s day-glow posters with neon yellows
and pink gestures that scatter amongst the swaying spring grasses. The ruddy accents dance across all levels of
spatial illusions, guiding us like a host of masterful choreographers; offering
lessons of color and rhythm. Three darkened clusters of bush and shrubbery
regulate the foreground, blocking off the viewer from the cool calming blue
waters; a strong horizontal rendered midpoint in the overall pictorial
composition.
Sammoun recasts another row
of linear elements as a buttery embankment and dense tree line, each anchoring
the background in its own unique impressionistic manner. The firmament swirls
with various blue tones that are overlapped onto the brunt sienna; revealing peeks
of a drab brown under painting; an artistic undergarment exposed throughout the
whole painting.
©Gabriel Diego Delgado
JR Mooney Galleries
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