NOTRE DAME DE PARIS GARGOYLE Textural Impressionist Stylized Cityscape
by Mona Edulesco
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20.000 x 20.000 x 2.000 cm.
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Title
NOTRE DAME DE PARIS GARGOYLE Textural Impressionist Stylized Cityscape
Artist
Mona Edulesco
Medium
Painting - Oil On Canvas
Description
"Notre Dame de Paris Gargoyle" by Mona Edulesco.
Textural impressionist stylized cityscape impasto palette knife oil painting 20x20 cm.
This painting captures one Gargoyle of Notre Dame de Paris overlooking a phantasmagoric Paris night view...
I was inspired to paint this scene during my last visit in Paris last month, when I climbed to the towers of Notre Dame de Paris. A truly great experience.
The painting was realized in impasto technique, with heavy textures of oil paint applied with a diversity of palette knives.
I also made a Time Lapse video for this painting's process, you can watch it on YouTube at: https://youtu.be/1xDHwgUv7vM
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I have always loved to approach my urban paintings in a myriad of ways. I enjoy stylizing architectural forms in various manners. This has always been one of my goals, even a preoccupation from the time I was studying at the school of architecture until the present. The versatility of oil paint along with my prototypic work with palette knives allows me to play with the urban forms abstracting the city in an unconstrained manner.
In architecture, a gargoyle (from the french "gargouille", word meaning throat or gullet) is a carved or formed grotesque with a spout designed to convey water from a roof and away from the side of a building, thereby preventing rainwater from running down masonry walls and eroding the mortar between.
Gargoyles are usually an elongated fantastical animal because the length of the gargoyle determines how far water is directed from the wall. When Gothic flying buttresses were used, aqueducts were sometimes cut into the buttress to divert water over the aisle walls.
A gargoyle that is merely decorative, but doesn’t carry water, is more properly called a grotesque, a boss, or, when it is a combination of two or more animals, a chimera.
Gargoyles and grotesques were supposed to protect those inside by frightening away any evil spirits or demons that might try to invade the building. They also served to remind the congregants, most of whom were illiterate, of the pervasiveness of the devil and his minions, the reality of original sin, and one’s need for the protection of the church.
Original sold to an art collector from Maple Valley, WA - United States.
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May 31st, 2018
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Studio Tolere
I love your use of the palette knife Mona. It is very bold in this piece and the range of purples and blues is delicious and soulful. Of course, if you know my work, you know how I love the bird, but also how you create an upper plane by its relationship with the fabulous fuschia a la Van Gogh sun or moon. l f
Lori Pittenger
Congratulations Mona, your outstanding artwork has been selected for a special "showcase" feature in Impressionism group! 6/7/18- 6/10/18. It has been added to the curator's pick thread within the group's discussions as well. Amazing colors, textures and execution! Lori
John Malone
Congratulations! Your skillful and interesting painting has been FEATURED on our homepage. Well done!
R W Goetting
I love this series Mona. It looks like it's going to swoop right down on the unsuspecting subjects below! Awesome color scheme and excellent execution. LF!
VIVA Anderson
Stunning, dear Mona........a tour de force, so wonderful your colours,style so bold and beautiful.......FV..........VIVA
John M Bailey
Congratulations on your feature in the Fine Art America Group "Images That Excite You!"
Robert Yaeger
Following up my Instagram comment on your superb color choices, the colors you are choosing to use and their placement create such a vibrant effect. It really makes your remarkable painting come alive! Superb painting, Mona! l/f/p/& featured in the First Friday Gallery Group
Lori Pittenger
Wow Mona, this is gorgeous! So fun to see this new posting as I just visited Notre Dame for the first time yesterday. Fabulous painting!
Mona Edulesco replied:
Thank you so much, Lori! I am so happy you visited. Wish you a wonderful time in Paris!!! :)
Meg Shearer
I love the light and love the colors Mona! And the pov and your technique! I love it all! : ) Gorgeous work! l/f!