Applestrophe.com   April 11  The Dandelion series:

Dandelion (N° 394)
 Pierre Marcel. April 2002, Acrylic on canvas  36 x 36 inches
First Prize Hodenc Les Arts. Collection of the City of Saint Clair sur Epte.

Notes
I started a few paintings on this theme, the dandelion being the first of the flowers to show up in early spring, and there being no guaranties as to how long they would last on the Normandy roadsides. I finalized about ten dandelion paintings to prepare for a "green" show at Montjavoult.  I considered it an act of political malice to put into painting such a miserable weed.

This particular painting allowed me to experiment with vermicular brush strokes to depict the grass background, and culminated in a pattern that I could well fathom displayed on the uniform of a British clown.
Some friends see here a step toward the abstract. The obsession with the French, is that a serious artist must one day become (and end) as an abstractionist!

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