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who is here ? - 誰がいますか - qui est là ? Painting

Daniel Moline de Saint-Yon

Belgium

Painting, Oil on Canvas

Size: 39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in

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ABOUT THE ARTWORK

Portrait of Otomè Efira, an 18-year-old Japanese girl. I loved the way she was with me, her power of seduction which enchanted the world every night in the new light of her enigmatic smile ... “In the evening, I now leave my door open. This allows Otomè to get in and out at night without making any noise after sleeping as close as possible to me without saying a single word. She is a real ghost. So far, no one has seen it except me. It looks like it is made of vapor or mist. I like to feel the warmth of her body behind my back. The beautiful also spreads a wonderful smell, the smell of something that reminds me of Louise and her half-virgin scent ”. (Extract from my workshop journal of Friday January 30, 1976). Amber painting on canvas mounted on panel. Varnished and ready to hang. Signature on the back. Portrait d’Otomè Efira, une jeune japonaise de 18 ans. J’adorais la façon qu’elle avait d’être auprès de moi, son pouvoir de séduction qui réenchantait chaque nuit le monde à la lumière inédite de son sourire énigmatique ... “le soir, je laisse maintenant ma porte ouverte. Cela permet à Otomè d’entrer et de sortir la nuit sans faire de bruit après avoir dormi au plus près de moi sans prononcer le moindre mot. Elle est un véritable fantôme. Jusqu’ici, personne ne l’a vue, sauf moi. On dirait qu’elle est faite de vapeur ou de brume. J'aime sentir la chaleur de son corps dans mon dos. La belle répand aussi une odeur merveilleuse, l’odeur de quelque chose qui me rappelle Louise et son parfum de demi-vierge”. (Extrait de mon journal d'atelier du vendredi 30 janvier 1976). 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

Original:

One-of-a-kind Artwork

Size:

39.4 W x 39.4 H x 1.6 D in

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Born in 1948 in Belgium, Daniel 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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