{"id":2790,"date":"2024-10-02T21:06:55","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T01:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/francemcneil.com\/demarche\/"},"modified":"2025-04-30T13:24:24","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T17:24:24","slug":"artist-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/francemcneil.com\/en\/artist-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"artist statement"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2790\" class=\"elementor elementor-2790 elementor-793\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d81ba10 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"d81ba10\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b1f9548 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b1f9548\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e67a80a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e67a80a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Artist statement<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-996b383 elementor-widget__width-inherit elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"996b383\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I&#8217;ve always been driven by a quest for meaning, a desire to understand our place in the universe. Three fundamental questions guide my thinking: where do we come from? Who are we? Where are we going? For me, art is a privileged vehicle for exploring these existential questions, observing the links between human beings and sounding out their relationship with nature.<\/p><p>In recent years, my work has been particularly inspired by the forest and its tangle of branches, a metaphor for the invisible connections that bind us together as individuals and as a society. I seek to make these interconnections visible, to express the complexity and harmony of the living world. Through the superimposition of shapes, lines and textures, I convey the richness of these natural and human networks.<\/p><p>My creative process begins with observing and collecting images during my walks in the forest or in public places. I photograph fragments of nature, the play of light filtering through foliage, moving reflections on water. These images then become a working base that I manipulate digitally, transforming and redrawing certain parts to extract a new composition. Once transposed onto canvas, they serve as a structure for my pictorial exploration.<\/p><p>I use acrylic in thin layers of wash, creating a gradual depth through the overlapping of layers. This technique allows me to play with light and transparency, evoking the sensation of a landscape in perpetual transformation. The alternation between saturated areas and diaphanous spaces generates a vibration, a visual musicality that invites the viewer to engage in active contemplation.<\/p><p>My intention is to awaken a dialogue, a reflection on our intimate link with living things, on the place we occupy and the impact we leave. Through this approach, I seek to capture the essence of a world in perpetual transformation, where nature and humanity intertwine in a fragile balance.<\/p><p>Ultimately, my artistic approach aims to awaken a sensitive consciousness of living things. Through my work, I seek to capture the fragile alchemy between strength and fragility, chaos and balance, nature and humanity.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0fcf2d5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"0fcf2d5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e13ac11 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e13ac11\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-690f609 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"690f609\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/6XMhT-Iv4c4&quot;,&quot;mute&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c224e62 elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"c224e62\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Artist statement \u00a0 I&#8217;ve always been driven by a quest for meaning, a desire to understand our place in the universe. 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