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goodness'sake, the beautiful feline ! - この美しい猫を見てください - nom de dieu l’beau félin ! Painting

Daniel Moline de Saint-Yon

Belgium

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 39.4 W x 59.1 H x 1.6 D in

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Full-length portrait of my Japanese partner Otomè Efira. "Otomè has a singularly catchy physique, almost fantastic, of a fascinating ambiguity. Difficult to grasp what thus puts the body of this girl in value and does her honor. Is it thanks to the slit almond-shaped eyes and the finesse of the neck? Is it due to a slight asymmetry of the face or to canine muscles which reveal the upper teeth by lifting the cheekbones when she smiles? Small physical defects which stick well to her character and which seem to me much more attractive than a formal perfection. Above all, there is her art of looking at me in silence, then of turning my head with an air of feline which says neither yes nor no, and where the disturbing game of light and dark is played out. ” (Extract from my journal of the workshop on Sunday June 8, 1980). Amber painting on canvas mounted on panel. Varnished and ready to hang. Signature on the back. Portrait en pied de ma compagne japonaise Otomè Efira. "Otomè possède un physique singulièrement accrocheur, presque fantastique, d’une ambiguïté fascinante. Difficile de saisir ce qui met ainsi le corps de cette fille en valeur et lui fait honneur. Est-ce grâce aux yeux fendus en amande et à la finesse du cou ? Est-ce dû à une légère asymétrie du visage ou à des muscles canins qui dévoilent les dents du dessus en soulevant les pommettes quand elle sourit ? Petits défauts physiques qui collent bien à son caractère et qui me paraissent beaucoup plus attirants qu'une perfection formelle. Il y a surtout son art de me regarder en silence, puis de tourner la tête avec un air de félin qui ne dit ni oui ni non, et où se joue le jeu troublant du clair et de l’obscur.” (Extrait de mon journal de l’atelier du dimanche 8 juin 1980). Peinture à l’ambre sur toile marouflée sur panneau. Vernie et prête à accrocher. Signature au dos.

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Painting:Oil on Canvas

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Size:39.4 W x 59.1 H x 1.6 D in

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Born in 1948 in Belgium, Daniel Moline de Saint-Yon is a Belgian writer and portraitist living and working in the countryside near Spa. He graduated as an philosopher from FUNDP in Namur and lived as an artist 16 years in Japan (until 1990). His work has been regularly exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Belgium and Japan. Staying receptive to the history and the cultural interaction between Europe and Japan is one of his main concern. Moline’s creative process starts with sketches and drawing from life on the canvas. He paints mostly portraits (mainly women), spending a great deal of time with each subject, a rapport with his model being necessary to work. He tried several mediums but somehow always returns to amber as he finds it the ideal and enigmatic partner adapted to his needs of expression. This light oily substance of rare purity and beautiful transparency takes some days to dry out, but brightens tonnes and offers remarkable elasticity. Several thin layers of extra-fine paint will sustain for ever the ardour an bloom of color fields with strong visual impact. A patient process for a unique result ! Moline’s artistic career ( by Emmanuelle Dubuisson, in french) : « Peintre de figures, de portraits et de grandes compositions dans un style fortement graphique. Formation à Namur en Belgique avec Luc Perot, puis au Japon où il étudie la décoration et devient l'élève du Maître Ryû Oda. Il pratique ensuite la calligraphie avec le moine zen Tainin Yukimura dans un temple à Shobara. Lauréat en 1984 du concours du Kansaï à Kyoto, il participe à plusieurs expositions à Tokyo, Kyoto et Kobe, où il séjournera seize ans (1973-1990). Conjuguant les approches orientales et occidentales, sa démarche picturale sʼinscrit alors en de larges compositions volcaniques où trônent dʼépais personnages au graphisme vigoureux et dont lʼénergie vitale fait ressortir une violence expressive. Lʼœuvre porte aussi les traces dʼune calligraphie pratiquée chez les moines bouddhistes, qui se mêlent aux formes nues dans un foisonnement de taches de couleur, de courbes douces et dʼentrelacements surprenants. On y retrouve aussi des traits communs avec lʼœuvre du peintre japonais Shôhaku. Les sujets, liés au corps, souvent nus, évoquent accouchements, accouplements ou corps doubles, et allient, dans un mélange de tout et de néant, tendresse et cruauté. Comme si la violence de ces figures s'accompagnait toujours dʼune bienveillance retenue envers la vie.

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