Philippe Lejeune

French Artist living in Los Angeles.
In an image it's the support ( what I paint on) that interests me, that directs my attention. It becomes what I paint with...

I choose to paint on “manufactured wood,” and like a sculptor working in relation to his material, I work toward painting something that is more about the origin, or the nature of the material. Wood is surprisingly an infinitely open and intriguing medium. Whereas canvas is passive, wood is warm. Like the markings and stratification of the sculptor’s marble, the unique knots, veins, textures, and patterns of the wood’s grain become integral factors in the painting’s composition and imagery, as if the dead tree is suggesting the creation of a new tree ~ an echo of the original ~ and a comment on the very nature of the supporting medium. The knots of the plywood dictate the trunks and limbs and branches of the tree, but the composition is decidedly abstract, unlike traditional painting, where the brushstroke of the artist become more apparent the closer one gets to the canvas, the closer you get to the wood, the more you see the tree. The hand of the artist disappears.

Using Water, coffee to stain the wood, black acrylic and some love.
Performing the magic of the ...

Studied Printmaking @ L'Ecole Nationale Supérieure Des Arts Décoratifs, Paris France.

@ the Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence ~ Solo exhibition ~ Ceci n'est pas une image." March 19 -April 30 2016.

@ Jamestown Art Center - Yellow Peril Gallery curates “Burning Down the House” Exposing 270 Shingles & glass installations - July 3rd to August 15th, 2015

@ Scope Art Basel Miami ~ booth exhibit with the Yellow Peril Gallery, Providence RI
Small tree’s painting. December 2-7 2014

@ New Bedford Art Museum ~ “Collectors III: Discerning Eyes” curated by the Yellow Peril.
Installation of 280 Shingles on a wall.
September 26 - Nov.16 2014

@ Higgins Art Gallery Oct. - Nov. 2014 ~ Artist in Residence ~ Cape Cod Community College

@ Gallery 263 ~ Wood Juried Exhibition at Gallery 263 ~ “Ceci est un arbre” ~ Dec. 2013