Raphaël Gaudin (b. 1972, France), Terre de Sienne, 2018.

Raphaël Gaudin (b. 1972, France)
Terre de Sienne, 2018.
acrylic on canvas, 60 x 60 cm
signed p. d. corner: 'R. Gaudin'
signed and described on the back

Studied applied arts with a specialization in graphic design. In 2015, after working for many years as a graphic designer in the advertising department, he left Europe and settled in Tangier.
This cosmopolitan, multicultural and ethnically rich city became an inexhaustible source of inspiration and ideas for him. Currently, the artist lives and works in Warsaw drawing on local inspiration. Here he sees the ties that exist between the folklore traditions of different corners of the world. His paintings are curves, colors and joy of life. This art twists, wraps and absorbs us through its leitmotif, which is the ribbon. This motif refers to Celtic symbols and calligraphy. The curves blend together, overlapping each other in a dance of zooming in and out, creating a mysterious labyrinth that, however, always remains open, as if the artist wanted to leave the door open each time for another adventure.
This painting feeds on a definite color scheme, subscribing to the duality and complementarity of art that encloses a specific subject in a complex composition without restriction, with the simultaneous possibility of escaping into freedom and freedom of interpretation. This is sensual art, full of space, colorful and free.