Piece description from the artist
This painting is from a picture I took while I was visiting France. I loved the reflections of the clouds in the river and I started contemplating my life. Looking at the sky reflected in the water reminded me that I was in France only temporarily and that soon I would be on a plane back to the US with another sky, other clouds, other rivers.
When I got back home, I wanted to start reintroducing collage in my paintings again. The small stone wall in the foreground of the image seemed like a good place to use my collection of used french stamps. To emphasize the perception of distance, travel, and separation, I mixed the stamps with oil paint to achieve a feeling of contrasting and separate worlds since paper and oil paint are two mediums that do not mix with each other. In this case, I had to protect and fix the stamps on the canvas with a special glue that was compatible with oil paint. This is one of my favorite paintings: seeing it makes me muse about my bicultural daily life, and all the complexities of being both French and American.
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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