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I am often asked the question: "What are your sources of inspiration?". It is quite difficult for me to answer in truth because they are diverse. But in the case of "What about green?" I can answer with precision. I was out of my studio in Montparnasse, and I was walking in the neighborhood, next door there is a framer, in front of the Falguière metro station, which at the time was also selling painter's art supplie's, and there I fell well, it was the sales, he got rid of his unsold oil colors accumulated for years. Only upper quality, very fine colors like the ones I use, and very good brands, Rembrandt and Lefranc Bourgeois. Very expensive colors, but ... he had only green left ! A huge amount of green tubes, all kinds of different green but only green. The green is the cursed color in theater, the one that brings misfortune, and in painting is the difficult color for amateur painters, the color that when they use it turns their painting into a spinach dish ! The fact is that green is the most difficult color to use for painters, for a part because of it situation in the middle of the chromatic axe. And so the merchant had sold all his different colors except this huge stock of unsold greens, which he ceded me for an affordable price. And I have this huge amount of greens for years, thinking "one day I will use ONLY green" but it is always tomorrow. So this morning, after years of procrastination, I decided that it will be the day for green, and so, what about green ?
I am often asked the question: "What are your sources of inspiration?". It is quite difficult for me to answer in truth because they are diverse. But in the case of "What about green?" I can answer with precision. I was out of my studio in Montparnasse, and I was walking in the neighborhood, next door there is a framer, in front of the Falguière metro station, which at the time was also selling painter's art supplie's, and there I fell well, it was the sales, he got rid of his unsold oil colors accumulated for years. Only upper quality, very fine colors like the ones I use, and very good brands, Rembrandt and Lefranc Bourgeois. Very expensive colors, but ... he had only green left ! A huge amount of green tubes, all kinds of different green but only green. The green is the cursed color in theater, the one that brings misfortune, and in painting is the difficult color for amateur painters, the color that when they use it turns their painting into a spinach dish ! The fact is that green is the most difficult color to use for painters, for a part because of it situation in the middle of the chromatic axe. And so the merchant had sold all his different colors except this huge stock of unsold greens, which he ceded me for an affordable price. And I have this huge amount of greens for years, thinking "one day I will use ONLY green" but it is always tomorrow. So this morning, after years of procrastination, I decided that it will be the day for green, and so, what about green ?
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What about green ? Painting

Michel Suret-Canale

France

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 20 W x 20 H x 2 D in

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I am often asked the question: "What are your sources of inspiration?". It is quite difficult for me to answer in truth because they are diverse. But in the case of "What about green?" I can answer with precision. I was out of my studio in Montparnasse, and I was walking in the neighborhood, next door there is a framer, in front of the Falguière metro station, which at the time was also selling painter's art supplie's, and there I fell well, it was the sales, he got rid of his unsold oil colors accumulated for years. Only upper quality, very fine colors like the ones I use, and very good brands, Rembrandt and Lefranc Bourgeois. Very expensive colors, but ... he had only green left ! A huge amount of green tubes, all kinds of different green but only green. The green is the cursed color in theater, the one that brings misfortune, and in painting is the difficult color for amateur painters, the color that when they use it turns their painting into a spinach dish ! The fact is that green is the most difficult color to use for painters, for a part because of it situation in the middle of the chromatic axe. And so the merchant had sold all his different colors except this huge stock of unsold greens, which he ceded me for an affordable price. And I have this huge amount of greens for years, thinking "one day I will use ONLY green" but it is always tomorrow. So this morning, after years of procrastination, I decided that it will be the day for green, and so, what about green ?

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Painting:Oil on Canvas

Original:One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:20 W x 20 H x 2 D in

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Michel Suret-Canale (born March 4, 1957) is a French artist from Paris. Born in the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt on March 4, 1957, Michel Suret-Canale spent his childhood in the artistic center of Paris, growing up in the home of his grandfather, medalist and publisher of art medals Victor S. Canale (1883–1958) who was also a sculptor, ceramicist, printmaker and inventor. He is the son of the late Jean Suret-Canale (1921–2007), an extensively published author, French historian of Africa, World War II resistance fighter and Georgette (Lamargot) Suret-Canale, World War II resistance fighter to, a poet and journalist. Michel Suret-Canale decided to become an artist by the age of 14. After his secondary education at the Lycée Claude Bernard in Paris, Michel enrolled at the University of Arts and Sciences of Art, Department of Paris I Panthéon Sorbonne, eventually earning a doctorate in Arts and Sciences of Art with honors by unanimous decision of the jury. Throughout the years Michel Suret-Canale has found ways to express himself artistically in various disciplines including scenography, publication, graphics and multimedia. Between 1984 and 2007 he did extensive work with the troupe of French theatrical clowns, Les Matapeste, with his contributions including set and costume design, advertising posters, photography and the design of their Website. He has all his life conducted ongoing research in methods of digital art, the results of which can be seen in his robotic paintings as well as his New York RE-Views series of combine paintings from the summer of 2008. As a visual artist, Michel Suret-Canale is one of the first artists to look beyond selling through agents and galleries by offering his work on eBay auctions, enabling him to be in direct contact with collectors. While at first this met with some criticism, it was soon to prove a viable method of introducing his art to a worldwide audience. Suret-Canale's artwork has been shown in exhibitions throughout France as well as in Spain, Great Britain, Moscow, Casablanca (Morocco) and the United States. His artworks are present in more than 600 private collections in 28 different countries all over the world.

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