Semi-abstract art: "Herbes douces".
Artist: Jean Vigneault.
2021, Quebec, Canada.
Theme: Nature
Technical: Digital photography.
Original work format: 36 x 54 inches
Reproduction format: 12 x 18 inch / 30.48 x 45.72 cm, 16 x 24 inch / 40.64 x 60.96 cm, 24 x 36 inch / 60.96 x 91.44 cm and 36 x 54 inch / 91, 44 x 137.16cm.
Dominant colors: Pink, brown, brown, beige.
Hanging system included:
Floating frame
Interpretation of the work by the artist:
Toads and fairies cohabit in this spring swamp, where soft colors and contrasts envelop us in an enchanting presence. Offered to the wind in all its fragility, this grass emerges like a gift, just waiting to be plucked by our gaze. Photo taken on a train carriage.
Herbes douces - Jean Vigneault
For Jean Vigneault, the practice of abstract photography and related reflections are a way of life that seeks to reconcile the imaginary and rational sides of existence. Inspired by this apparent duality, he increasingly invests objects of curiosity through the prism of the three fundamental questions underlying his expression:
Is it possible to observe in a stripped-down, spontaneous way, and to detach from this activity all the labels that knowledge ordinarily assigns to things? Are humans always forced to perceive through what defines them as distinct individuals? Does beauty come from the object itself, or from the gaze that conceives it as such?
Looking at the most mundane, everyday things to bring out their unsuspected beauty - this is his artistic approach, a commitment that leads him to the art of living that consists in connecting as deeply as possible with the world around him. For him, photography is a privileged way of witnessing and provoking this communion.