Piece description from the artist
One year, the florist at my town’s annual holiday fair had just designed a new bouquet. Well, I obviously fell in love with it, and then proceeded to take (just) a couple hundred photographs in order to paint it later…
Only for tragedy to strike as soon as I got home – none of my pictures had turned out well! So, with a tearful goodbye, I dropped the idea.
But the story wasn’t finished! A week later, I was delivering a custom order and when I approached the house, what did I see? The bouquet!!! Sitting right there on the doorstep, beautifully backdropped by a typical New England home. So I obviously asked to take pictures, and merrily went home to start the process over again.
Also here’s a little fun fact about the making of this work: for the collage I had decided to use this very thick paper for the stairs. I literally imbibed the paper with glue to make it stay on the canvas, and it took more than 2 weeks to dry. I honestly thought it might never happen!
But back to the original story. Have you ever picked up a forgotten idea from the most unexpected place?
Marion Buricatu is a Franco-American artist who began oil painting when she and her family emigrated to the US in 2001. Her earlier career in France included training in Geophysics and work in the environmental management field.
In addition to studying painting from a variety of teachers, Marion earned a modern art certificate at the MOMA, became a docent at the Worcester Art Museum and now teaches at the Hopkinton Center for the Arts. For more about her work, visit her website: marionsworkshop.com
Marion's art connects her two cultures, mixing her life in New England with her memories of the Loire Valley, where she is from. She create art to start conversations and discover how the USA and France are similar and different in daily life. She enjoys sharing the stories behind her art to make the experience richer.
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