SKY (work in progress)
The world of culture has been very strongly impacted by the lockdowns imposed by Covid-19 since March 2020. As a painter in Paris, I felt doubly confined: all my exhibitions were canceled and I found myself prisoned in the big city, between four walls. Taking refuge as much as possible in my studio next to my appartment in Montmartre, I started to create a sky I no longer could see. An open window to an imagined freedom, my way to keep breathing.
The SKY series was born.
La série se compose principalement de toiles de (très) grand format et comporte diferents thèmes. Pour cette série, je me laisse entre autres inspirer par les fameux ciels nuageux des maîtres hollandais à travers les siècles et les ciels du Nord en général.
The SKY est en cours de création. Première exposition prévue pour juin 2024.
Studies
Some examples of my studies, some of which are preambles for the (very) large canvases. I usually make them quite quickly in acrylic paint, in one session directly on canvas, after my photos or on site, in front of the landscape. They are my sketches in paint.
DUTCH SPRING
Imposing and cloudy skies above the IJssel river in the Netherlands in spring 2022. A small series of studies painted on site under the north wind.
“Looking out (for you)”, étude, acrylique sur toile, Manuela Luchtmeijer 2022
“Going Dutch” et “Dutch Spring I – II – III”, études, acrylique sur toile, Manuela Luchtmeijer 2022
Le tableau grand format “Catch me if you can” avait été selectionné au salon Art Capital en fevrier 2023 et exposé au prestigieux l’Atelier Néerlandais en juin 2023.
Performances devant le tableau “Catch me if you can” (120 x 150 cm) de Manuela Luchtmeijer à l’Atelier Néerlandais, juin 2023.