I did these in the summer of 2006 in Chalon-sur-Saône in France while I was a resident
at La Vie des Formes art foundation.
Le sillage de la peniche, 22" x 42", acrylic on paper
Le sillage de la peniche bis, 16" x 32", acrylic on paper
sketch for the canalboat's wake, 4" x 11", charcoal on paper
10" diameter, acrylic on paper
10" diameter, acrylic on paper
10" diameter, acrylic on paper
10" diameter, acrylic on paper
10" diameter, acrylic on paper
20" diameter, acrylic on paper
7" x 5", sepia ink on paper
22" diameter, acrylic on Mylar
22" diameter, acrylic on paper
La Vie des Formes
will be publishing a second album of sculptures and paintings by 20 recent
residents. The sidebar for me in the album will read:
Madelon
Umlauf Born in 1942 Lives in Austin, Texas, USA. Nationality:
American. Residency at La Vie des Formes: mid-May to mid-July 2006.
I
stayed on the Rêve des Signes canal boat, and afterwards in its absence in the
Charbonière itself, in a railroad car. Charbonière is the word for coal-yard which this site once was and still is but it sounds better in French. The ride up the river on the Rêve des
Signes to St-Jean-de-Losne was remarkable. About my work: after a motif is
drawn, sometimes photographed, it is sketched in paint. At the end of the
process, I arrive at an abstraction with an intentionally non-naturalistic
palette. The choice of the arbitrary colors re-enforces the deviation from
realistic representation."
So much for 2006.
This past summer
I was in New York City where with other artists I had been invited by the New
York Studio School to make use of some of the facilities on Governor's Island, a
short ferry ride from the south tip of Manhattan.
A drawing from the island with Castle Williams in the foreground and Ellis Island in the background:
The red arrow shows the line of sight from where I drew it:
There is an online catalogue of the NYSS exhibition of art from the Governor's Island project. They now have the beautiful old building on 8th street where the Whitney Museum first was. You can see the catalogue here where the 3 paintings I exhibited are listed. Unfortunately, photos of them are missing.
This is one of them (acrylic on hand-made paper, approx. 17" x 17"):
Here is another (acrylic on paper):
In the spirit of pell-mell,
I invite you to look at more paintings of mine here.
