L’Albatros - The Albatross Painting

This large square canvas represents an albatross in full flight. As in the famous poem by Beaudelaire, which inspired it, it spreads his giant wings. Yet treated with the same range of colors (in shades of blue and grey), the majestic bird stands out from the stormy ocean. A horizontal line treated almost with a single color symbolizes the horizon and the border between the sea and the sky. The farthest space is treated in melted and graded colors while the closest area is painted with large and sharp brushstrokes. Only the area around the bird remains smooth as if it was imposing its power and control over the elements and its environment. This painting was painted especially for the Salon des Artistes de Boulogne Billancourt of 2022 whose theme is The Journey.