Francis Besson

Umbrella Pines of Cotignac

2015

Late 20th century expressionist oil/acrylic on paper by French artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated bottom right. The painting depicts the view through the metal structure of a bri...

Late 20th century expressionist work on paper by French artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated bottom right. The painting is full of vibrancy and colour with the depictions and appea...

Late 20th century work on paper of a port of by French artist Armand Avril. Signed and dated bottom left, presented under glass in new custom made frame. With dedication to the back,...

Contemporary mixed medium on paper of a forest scene in Provence, France by Belgian artist Francis Besson, signed bottom right. Presented in oak 'case' ...

Surrealist acrylic on paper by British artist Derek Carruthers. Initial signed DC in the bottom right and signed and dated and titled '43 Stones' to the reverse.. An intriguing and ...

French Mid 20th Century oil on board Fauvist view of a Provençal village street, probably near Nice in the South of France by Hyppolite Roger. The pain...

'Towards Le Scathe Cove'. Contemporary mixed media landscape painting, Cornwall Original Artwork, Unframed _________________ January morning, heavy swell and a strong southwester, rain imminent, sheltering beneath lichen furred granite outcrops. A plein air painting from the series 'Holan ha Dor' (Meaning 'Salt and Earth in Cornish). West Cornwall is a harshly beautiful peninsula, jutting out into the wild tireless ocean, shaped and moulded by powerful salt laden Atlantic winds, and criss-crossed by ancient, tangled hedgerows. Drawn to the immediacy of moments, underpinned by enduring narratives, Sophia's fluid expressive paintings explores the flux and balance in the nature of all things: The freedom of the air and solidity of the soil; Of anchored stone and rhythmic water; Of human narratives written in the wild landscapes; In the sensual interplay of light and shadow. They capture an essence of the equilibrium between wild raw energy and serene stillness; chaos and harmony; and the enduring and the effervescent. Mixed media on watercolour paper Signed and inscribed Unframed 23 x 30cm / 9 x 12 inches __________________________ About The Artist Sophia Milligan is a contemporary multidisciplinary artist, exploring discourses on permanence & evanescence; the eternal, cyclical absolutes of birth & death; motherhood & childhood; and ancient immutable connections. With resonating ripples of intuition and instinct Sophia illuminates the presence of the ordinary, creating moments of sublime present. 'Born among the wild cliffs and tempestuous seas of west Cornwall, I grew with the intimate details in the twisting lanes and the intense changing light throughout the turbulent seasons. I formed a primordial connection with a deep instinctual sense of being part of the natural narrative, and wherever in the world I may be, this connectivity underpins my practice. Like the wind sculpted hawthorns and sensual coves of weather worn granite, I have been shaped by the powerful energy entwined in this ancient raw environment.’ ‘We are the stories of the journeys that came before. I weave into my work the tales of transitory circumstance; of struggle and survival; of forms and textures holding records of evolutionary millennia. I paint, I draw: with marks, mixtures, photography, words; the raw earth; the restless oceans; the whispered breeze. I work with time, and the immeasurable spaces of experience within, giving subtleties of existence a pause for contemplation. There is beauty in such poignant breaths. All moments are significant, every pebble of now forms the vast mountain of yesterday, and the great realm of tomorrow's possibilities'. Sophia has a 1st class honours Bachelor of Arts Degree in Visual Arts and World History, and a Masters Degree in Contemporary Visual Arts. Her work is held in prestigious international private collections, and exhibitions of her interactive, immersive installation, photography and mixed media works include 'Tabula Rasa', London; 'Superlative', Plymouth; 'Transition', Newlyn; The Eden Project, Cornwall; The European Parliament, Brussels; Kew Gardens, London; and 'The Cameraless Film Festival', Chicago...

Ralph Anderson PT (Sketch) Acrylic on paper H 30cm x W 42cm

Ralph Anderson Saoul + Marlene Acrylic on paper H 30cm x W 42cm

Watercolour, Acrylic Painting and Charcoal on paper. Work Title : Lagatjar Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed and dated on the back of the work. Unique work. Size : H40xW30cm. Not framed. Born in 1970 the artist lives and works in France. The majority of his drawings and paintings are inspired by the wild landscapes of Brittany in France. " The drawing as a gesture allows me to exploit a (re)mise-en-scene as so many possibilities in the making. Through the quality of drawing as a marker of thought, it is not a question of constructing "dream worlds" but rather of setting up a device that would allow for a conscious dialogue of a certain perception of the real." Fabien Granet is pursuing a research on the perception of the landscape, on our ways of trying to represent it, to understand it, to understand its structures. The drawn "landscapes" are thus as many projections of the artist, which convene and reveal his artistic path, the influences of his culture, his utopias, his dystopian fantasies. Another shift where the quasi scientific concern of objective rigor and the mental construction of an construction of an individual course. The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which is registered in a research and a quest to pierce the enigma of the real. In his landscapes, Fabien Granet evokes a process of the mind, where shreds and fragments become entangled in a re-arrangement of of reality. Snippets of architecture and geometrical figures draw human and his gaze into it. The landscape is a human creation, but how does human try to perceive it, how does he understand its constructions? what is his mental image of it? Chaos and structure intersect in a paradox of our vision of the world: the artist picks out the sensitive elements in a reflection on the possibilities in the making. Solo exhibitions : 2023 "GRAND ERRE" Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix en Provence / 2021 "Les Indestinés" (Drawing Now Art Fair) Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2017 "mise-en-paysage" galerie Tokonoma - Paris / 2015 "Shiftings" galerie White Project - Paris / 2012 "Risée" galerie G&G - Paris / 2011 "Transistoires" galerie P&Z - Angoulême / 2010 "Tandis que? Group exhibitions (selection) : 2021 " SUMMER TALENTS " - Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand / 2019 " FEEL GOOD " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Naturalia " Mexico / 2019 " (re) mise-en-scène " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix-en-Provence / 2019 " ScapeLand " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Blanc Ciel " espace d'art associatif La Perception - Creuse/ 2018 " Angle Mort " Ici. Gallery - Paris/ 2018 " Drawing in Gallery " Galerie ALB - Paris/ 2017 " Where form meets Art " Antwerp Art...

Watercolour, Acrylic Painting and Charcoal on paper. Work Title : "Motif(s)" (series) Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed and dated on the back of the work. Unique work. Size : H26xW21cm. With archival Mat, framed in a 30x24 cm frame. Born in 1970 the artist lives and works in France. The majority of his drawings and paintings are inspired by the wild landscapes of Brittany in France. " The drawing as a gesture allows me to exploit a (re)mise-en-scene as so many possibilities in the making. Through the quality of drawing as a marker of thought, it is not a question of constructing "dream worlds" but rather of setting up a device that would allow for a conscious dialogue of a certain perception of the real." Fabien Granet is pursuing a research on the perception of the landscape, on our ways of trying to represent it, to understand it, to understand its structures. The drawn "landscapes" are thus as many projections of the artist, which convene and reveal his artistic path, the influences of his culture, his utopias, his dystopian fantasies. Another shift where the quasi scientific concern of objective rigor and the mental construction of an construction of an individual course. The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which is registered in a research and a quest to pierce the enigma of the real. In his landscapes, Fabien Granet evokes a process of the mind, where shreds and fragments become entangled in a re-arrangement of of reality. Snippets of architecture and geometrical figures draw human and his gaze into it. The landscape is a human creation, but how does human try to perceive it, how does he understand its constructions? what is his mental image of it? Chaos and structure intersect in a paradox of our vision of the world: the artist picks out the sensitive elements in a reflection on the possibilities in the making. Solo exhibitions : 2021 "Les Indestinés" (Drawing Now Art Fair) Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2017 "mise-en-paysage" galerie Tokonoma - Paris / 2015 "Shiftings" galerie White Project - Paris / 2012 "Risée" galerie G&G - Paris / 2011 "Transistoires" galerie P&Z - Angoulême / 2010 "Tandis que? Group exhibitions (selection) : 2021 " SUMMER TALENTS " - Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand / 2019 " FEEL GOOD " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Naturalia " Mexico / 2019 " (re) mise-en-scène " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix-en-Provence / 2019 " ScapeLand " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Blanc Ciel " espace d'art associatif La Perception - Creuse/ 2018 " Angle Mort " Ici. Gallery - Paris/ 2018 " Drawing in Gallery " Galerie ALB - Paris/ 2017 " Where form meets Art " Antwerp Art...

Watercolor, Acrylic Painting and Charcoal on paper. Work Title : Motif(s) Artist : Fabien Granet (FR) The work is signed, titled and dated verso. Unique work. Size : H30xW40cm. With archival Mat, not framed. Ready to be framed in a regular 40x 30 cm frame. Born in 1970 the artist lives and works in France. The majority of his drawings and paintings are inspired by the wild landscapes of Brittany in France. " The drawing as a gesture allows me to exploit a (re)mise-en-scene as so many possibilities in the making. Through the quality of drawing as a marker of thought, it is not a question of constructing "dream worlds" but rather of setting up a device that would allow for a conscious dialogue of a certain perception of the real." Fabien Granet is pursuing a research on the perception of the landscape, on our ways of trying to represent it, to understand it, to understand its structures. The drawn "landscapes" are thus as many projections of the artist, which convene and reveal his artistic path, the influences of his culture, his utopias, his dystopian fantasies. Another shift where the quasi scientific concern of objective rigor and the mental construction of an construction of an individual course. The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which The drawing appears in this sense as an act as much as a work which is registered in a research and a quest to pierce the enigma of the real. In his landscapes, Fabien Granet evokes a process of the mind, where shreds and fragments become entangled in a re-arrangement of of reality. Snippets of architecture and geometrical figures draw human and his gaze into it. The landscape is a human creation, but how does human try to perceive it, how does he understand its constructions? what is his mental image of it? Chaos and structure intersect in a paradox of our vision of the world: the artist picks out the sensitive elements in a reflection on the possibilities in the making. Solo exhibitions : 2023 "GRAND ERRE" Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix en Provence / 2021 "Les Indestinés" (Drawing Now Art Fair) Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2017 "mise-en-paysage" galerie Tokonoma - Paris / 2015 "Shiftings" galerie White Project - Paris / 2012 "Risée" galerie G&G - Paris / 2011 "Transistoires" galerie P&Z - Angoulême / 2010 "Tandis que? Group exhibitions (selection) : 2021 " SUMMER TALENTS " - Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand / 2019 " FEEL GOOD " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Naturalia " Mexico / 2019 " (re) mise-en-scène " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Aix-en-Provence / 2019 " ScapeLand " Galerie Jean-Louis Ramand - Paris / 2019 " Blanc Ciel " espace d'art associatif La Perception - Creuse/ 2018 " Angle Mort " Ici. Gallery - Paris/ 2018 " Drawing in Gallery " Galerie ALB - Paris/ 2017 " Where form meets Art " Antwerp Art Weekend/ 2017 " Volume-Espace-Trait " art space Le Mur, Fontainebleau/ 2016 " Open Office " Un-Spaced gallery - Paris/ 2016 " Dessin & Contemporain " Art Center Les Modillons, Angoulême/ 2016 " 3 jours...