King for a day Painting

The idea for the paintings in the series Sea Life and Zoo de Vincennes - which is in the process of searching and experimentation - was conceived based on my perceptions after visiting aquariums and zoos, and the mixed emotions that I felt there: the sharp opposition to the magical, ethereal, light and pure presence of the inside locked nature and the "exploring" observer of the "attraction"; the nature - crippled by its natural strength and power, "projected" behind a "showcase", a sham background, a scenery, which, however, is a bearer of real lives - beautiful for contemplation, but painful as impact, cut off from their natural environment, framed prisoners by man, who is rudely, lordly, aggressively and imperiously pounding, screaming, photographing in ecstasies, enjoying himself or even feeling bored in this micro world of nature recreated between walls. The workflow on the Zoo de Vincennes launched in 2015. I’ve sought a diversity in scaling and formatting the pictures, and in order to reinforce the contrast between the subjects of my attention, I have used various pictorial techniques - a pasty and expressive painting in the creation of the image of the man, and the smooth and light technique of the airbrush - in the depiction of the aquariums.