Les Fleurs du Bien
From the sizing of the canvas to the manufacture of pigments and mediums, the artist masters all the stages of oil painting. Isabelle Delannoy’s compositions blossom to the rhythm of a sensitive work declined in delicate and warm harmonies that she exalts in her series telling a story, an evolution on the same subject inviting the “viewer” into a poetic reality in which the structure of the whole is essential.
You can find the studies in this series in the “Natures” and “Charcoal Studies” tabs
Les Fleurs du Bien n°26
The richness of the floral subject is at the very heart of Isabelle Delannoy’s work, which sets Nature as a model and source of inspiration. Les Fleurs du Bien are timeless and immaterial, and each artist’s unique interpretation of each work captures the very essence of her relationship with and vision of the plant world.
This work entitled “Les Fleurs du Bien n°26” is a very large oil on canvas, 200 x 200 cm, part of the collection of the same name. This collection has been selected by the cultural commission of the 7th arrondissement of Paris and has been presented in May 2023 at the Galerie Béatrice Hodent de Broutelles, 116 rue de Grenelle, 75007 Paris.
N°26 is a very large format 200×200 cm with a warm palette to delight interiors and prolong the summer season. The flowers seem to stand out and float in the composition, while the white clematis twirl among the blossoms like little butterflies in this light-hearted ensemble.
Les Fleurs du Bien n°24 & 25
Diptych
These two panels fit together beautifully. The panel on the left was made first, and by ricochet its doppelganger on the right. The “Mirror Effect” was born!
This oil painting on large canvases, each measuring 162×130 cm, is elaborated with successive glazes, like light veils laid lightly over the floral subjects. The vivid, deep-toned flowers, painted in successive glazes, contrast with the dark, deep-brown background to highlight the floral subject.
The lilies at the bottom of the composition carry the floral ensemble in majesty in a rising, circular movement suggested by their graceful, wispy stems.
Aside from the retinal pleasure that some may appreciate, there is a hidden work in this piece. Like a “mise en abîme” in painting, a representation of a work within a work of the same type (but here of another type) that some may be able to glimpse…
The “Mirror Effect” is a concept that takes up the notion of cause and effect, but applies it to a very personal level. It’s based on the principle that every situation we experience and the feelings that accompany it are the effect of a cause within ourselves. We speak of the mirror effect because the other person, or the person in front of us, acts in a way that reflects our own reality. This reality may be positive or negative, but the other person has simply projected it by adopting a posture that delights or annoys us. The other thus becomes our mirror.
This work is definitely a source of meditation…
