Lucie Duban
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CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW with french “ pâtisseries ” in the eyeheavy in decoration and colours- had an impact too . Its sultry aspect has this almost preemptive effect on people who don ' t want to cut into it to preserve its artistry . So I grew up with this aesthectic . I was also drawing with my french grand-mother , who adored drawing butterflies and flowers . Plus my mother was an excellend drawer when younger , she could have been a great illustrator .
About my spanish roots , the sunny aspect of this country we discovered as kids with my little sister , also drove me to colours . I love the sun and the way colors affect us . And colours are quite present in Spain , more than in the west coast of France where I come from whose palette is smoother .
You are a versatile artist and your approach reveals an incessant search of an organic symbiosis between abstraction and figurative : we we would suggest to our readers to visit http :// lucieduban . com / in order to get a synoptic view of your work : in the meanwhile , would you like to tell to our readers something about the evolution of your style ? In particular , are your works painted gesturally , instinctively ? Or do you methodically transpose geometric schemes from paper to canvas ?
In a sense my style has always been pretty much the same from the beginning , when I started to paint seriously . A lot of colors and forms which could recall biological forms which would then create together a composition . As a painter I have evolved lately , I can see it , it ' s getting more interesting and I hope to continue on this trend , improving my personal style .
Regarding my process , whether it ' s for my main series Natura or my abstract paintings , I always start from scratch . It happened a few times in the past I had a preparation on paper , and I transposed it to the canvas . It did work but I have been less satisfied as a painter , as a maker , with this way of doing . It ' s way more work for me to invent it out of the blue once I start a painting , that is true , but it has a stronger uniqueness to it , and I asbolutely want to mainting this in each of my artworks . So that each one of them is unique and authentic . I don ' t like the manufactured aspect of art . I respect artists who do so , but it ' s simply not my path . I may be wrong to proceed this way because my production is slowler as it requires to constantly create a unique piece within my style . But it ' s a decision I have made since the beginning . This is why my art can seem versatile , in the sense that I tend not to repeat something just for the sake of having proved itselft to function ( to please viewers for instance or for a marketing purpose ). Otherwise , I feel like it lacks of interest . And I want my art to last .
Regarding my abstract paintings , I just choose a palette and then I start with a background and from there I draw some forms and then I evolve in interaction with the painting . The same with Natura , which is a series
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