Scale One
The scale of things often changes the idea we have of them. Seeing an insect in macro view reveals the complexity and beauty of its structure, invisible to the naked eye. Seeing an image of a whale and discovering its size in a museum are two very different sensations.
With this ongoing “Scale One” series, I want to confront myself and the viewer with the actual size of the subjects I’m exploring. I like having to respect this constraint and make myself very small when working on a Condor, on which I have to crawl to draw, such is its imposing size.
Being in front of a 1:1 scale almost brings the subject into existence, and makes the viewer almost dominated by a sudden presence; whereas reducing or enlarging it trivializes it to the rank of an image, leaving the viewer to dominate the moment.
So let yourself be dominated (gently) and, I hope, enjoy the discovery.
Thank you for your time!
Anhinga
103 x 140 x 0.4 cm
Ink and Acrylic on wood panel
I fell in love at first sight.
A water bird, black and white, with a long neck and a thin head. Its feathers are very varied and the different layers are obvious to the eye. Basically, it’s very well drawn. I came across images of this bird drying its wings in the sun, and felt I had to talk about it in a scale-one format.
Albatros
45 x 221 x 0.1 cm
Ink and Acrylic on canvas
Magistral, tall, slender, tapered…I love the albatross like many water birds.
The first in the series that I had to work on the ground. It was the first time I’d worked with ink on canvas, flat on the ground, and I enjoyed it immensely. I’d like to see the white matte of its plumage, its silhouette and its stern eye in real life one day.
California Condor
320 x 110 x 0.2 cm
Ink and Acrylic on canvas
The biggest format I’ve ever done.
I really wanted to challenge myself and take on the biggest bird in the world. Humility was the dominant feeling throughout. Its size created a major problem for me in the middle of the process, as I lost my recoil and one of the wings wasn’t aligned, so the bird was twisted… Horror… when I’d already made good progress, I had to repair my error with a lot of right-left balancing, in order to straighten the animal.
Tarantula Wasp
31 x 21 x 0.1 cm
Ink and Watercolor on 300g. paper
It was its size that first shocked me.
Then the voracity and power of this “little” thing. I love insects, their structure… Very similar to medieval armor, composed of fixed elements hooked together, it creates a particular silhouette, unique in the animal world. Every part of the body is a finely sculpted, streamlined design with precise functions.
Spider Monkey
70 x 100 x 0.3 cm
Ink on Cardboard
It was its size that first shocked me.
Then the voracity and power of this “little” thing. I love insects, their structure… Very similar to medieval armor, composed of fixed elements hooked together, it creates a particular silhouette, unique in the animal world. Every part of the body is a finely sculpted, streamlined design with precise functions.
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