Francis X Pavy Art
American, b. 1954
A lifelong resident of Louisiana, Francis X Pavy was born in Lafayette on March 2, 1954. As a child, Francis studied art under the direction of Elemore Morgan Jr. In college, he graduated in 1976 with a fine arts degree in sculpture. In 1977 Pavy started working in a glass shop, making leaded and beveled glass windows. In 1982 he opened his own glass studio. Pavy works in a variety of media. Francis Pavy's works vibrate with life, color, and musical rhythm. The abstract dimension in his works are always profoundly grounded in southern motifs and culture. Pavy touches on many subjects including, mysticism, love, loss and separation, humor, betrayal, friendship, and loyalty as well as many other themes. Pavy’s work has been well received with one-man exhibitions in New York, Los Angeles, Houston, Aspen, New Orleans, France, and Switzerland. Pavy has participated in many notable groups shows such as Outward Bound: American Art on the Brink of the Twenty-first Century (traveling from the United States to Indonesia and the Middle East), Elvis And Marilyn: 2 times Immortal (traveling from the United States to Japan), Southern Narrative Painting (Southeast U.S.) and Invites: Peintres Louisiana (Paris, France). Pavy has been commissioned to place work in public art spaces such as The New Orleans International Airport, The Renaissance Art Hotel, New Orleans, Harrah’s Casino, New Orleans, Mulates Restaurant, New Orleans, Dominica Restaurant, New Orleans, Iberia bank Towers, Lafayette, La., Lafayette Surgical and Specialty Hospital, Lafayette, La and few more. Major corporations such as Brown-Ferguson Corporation, Premier, Bankcorp, BMG Music, Capitol Records, and Rounder Records have collected Pavy’s work as well as many museums and individual collectors. Notable museums and individual collectors include; The New Orleans Museum of Art and the Morris Museum of Art, Ron Howard, Lorne Michaels, Paul Simon, Walker Percy, Prince Bandar of Saudi Arabia, Antione de Caunes, Philippe Djain, and Steve Cropper. Pavy’s work has been published in a variety of catalogs, books, and magazine articles. Some catalogs include Elvis & Marilyn: 2 times Immortal, (US & Japanese Edition), The South: A Treasury Of Art and Literature, Francis X. Pavy, La Musique Zydeco, The Colors of Rhythm, and Outward Bound, American Art on the brink of the 21st Century. Eric Bookhart of Art Papers writes about Pavy’s work; “Pavy uses patterning and figurative distortions to achieve mind-bending effects. With his deeply luminous tonalities, the end result is like an unhinged formalism with a beautiful palette.”In the New Orleans Art Review,Calvin Harland writes:“He, In my opinion, is already a rare artist to come out of the Cajun world: meaning he is one of the very few artists of a Similar Cajun Heritage to have made in-depth use of his native source material”(Biography provided by FPA Francis Pavy Artist)
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Artist: Francis X Pavy
Suicide Shifter (silver edition) 1/17
By Francis X Pavy
Located in Lafayette, LA
this is a large Relief printed on arches paper in silver ink. the image depicts a 40's motorcycle with a "suicide shifter" hence the title.
the image mea...
Category
2010s American Modern Francis X Pavy Art
Materials
Printer's Ink
Landscape with Sun and Moon
By Francis X Pavy
Located in Lafayette, LA
Entitled LANDSCAPE WITH SUN AND MOON this work on paper depicts a landscape. There is a small building or house in an orchard of small trees. In the top center is a translucent yellow shape with serrated edges portraying the sun. To the right is a silver circle depicting the moon. In the top left corner are orange lines depicting water. Drawn and green pencil or grass shapes. Drawn in red pencils or red dots. A Blue swirl is printed underneath the landscape in the foreground.
This is a unique multiple oil relief print on paper measuring 10” high by 15” wide. This work is unframed. Unique. because it's one of a kind. Although printmaking processes are used there are no multiples made. Only one. This work is made by printing with different relief blocks multiple times, drawing with colored pencils, and airbrushing. The inks used are oil-based. Signed and dated
In graphite pencil en verso ( on the Back). Writing on the back reads #0852016 (number 85 of the year 2016), landscape with sun and moon (title), © 2016 Francis X Pavy...
Category
2010s American Modern Francis X Pavy Art
Materials
Oil, Color Pencil
Wispering Pines V2
By Francis X Pavy
Located in Lafayette, LA
Entitled Whispering Pines V2, this work on canvas depicts a mottled yellow-orange field interspersed with colorful underpainting. On the top left corner, there is a blue crescent form. To the left is 1/2 of a pinecone painted in white. To the right of that is a gold circle. Three red stylized pine tree farms are in the middle left. Above the slightly to the right is a silver beetle. Below this imagery is a green flashlight with a translucent light been coming out of it to the right
This is a unique multiple oil painting and relief print on paper. Unique. because it's one of a kind. Although printmaking processes are used there are no multiples made. Only one. This work is made by printing with different relief blocks multiple times, brush painting, and airbrushing. The ink and paints used are oil-based. Signed and dated en verso ( on the Back). White chalk writing on the back reads Francis X Pavy...
Category
2010s Abstract Francis X Pavy Art
Materials
Oil
The Eagle Flies On Friday
By Francis X Pavy
Located in Lafayette, LA
Entitled The Eagle Flies on Friday, this work on paper depicts a Bald eagle flying in the late afternoon on a Friday. The two guitars crossed in the upper left-hand corner and a French accordion hidden in the left bottom right corner give a celebratory feel to the image. A distant flock of purple swifts inhabit the right upper middle portion of the image. A purple indigo plant overlays the turquoise Spanish guar on the left. Undulating light blue lines depict water flowing overlay an emerging dark blue palmetto partially obscuring the accordion on the bottom right corner. A blue orb above the eagle symbolizes the New Blue moon signaling new beginnings.
This is a unique multiple oil relief print on paper. Unique. because it's one of a kind. Although printmaking processes are used there are no multiples made. Only one. This work is made by printing with different relief blocks multiple times, brush painting, and airbrushing. The ink and paints used are oil-based. Because of the multiple printing techniques, the reverse contains notations in graphite pencil, and ink colors to be used on blocks. Also on the reverse, there is residual ink from the printing process. Signed and dated en verso ( on the Back). Writing on the back reads THe Eagle Flies on Friday (title) ©2014 Francis X Pavy...
Category
21st Century and Contemporary American Modern Francis X Pavy Art
Materials
Oil, Mixed Media
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