Animation Showcase year-end celebration  season – 2010/11

Lyon Area

three new paintings on the theme of a world of peace, joy and harmony.

the specificity of these works lies in a more personal work

with people dancing at the forefront.

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Paint and fake-paint stained glass window on.

Achievement of an entrance hall with fake-sky and two murals.

Panoramic on canvas (480cm x 175cm)  rubed on inside wall

The painting represents the city of Lyon,named Lugnumum in the past -the celtic god of light – in its form of radiant sun, light, influence over time.

The past is represented by the rise of Gourguillon, one of the most picturesque of Lyon,It’s like a return to the past while climbing the hill to the Celtic god, Lug. The climb begins with the  Square of th trinity where we can found on the corner house  Joseph and Mary, Father and Mother of Christ, and an effigy of an ancient sun rays with alternating helical and rights. The originality of the scene is part of Guignol which  identify Lyon with the characteristic to play with authority. Here Guignol invites us on the terrace of the restaurant “the Sun” to choose our hat (painted behind the glass), that of the order or playfulness. To the right of the building of the fifteenth century following the industrial age with one of the most beautiful bridge in Lyon, the bridge of the University crowned by a cast iron monument dominated four cocks one of which is perched on top of the canvas. The Rooster is the animal that connects Lyon to France, its emblem. The rooster is one that announces the day and light.

This comes alive with the foreground: the magnificent Renaissance portal of Parc de la “Tête d’or” – Golden head- , wearing a coat at the Lion and recall the old slogan of the Middle Ages: “Forward, forward, Leo, the melhor “(forward, Lyon the best forward),” He who keeps the golden skull … “. Basically Fourvière Hill and the Basilica, like a ship full of strength and stability, in front St Michael slew the dragon with his sword sun. To the right of the Guillotière bridge in the center of the painting, the oldest bridge in Lyon, is the Hotel Dieu, grandiose, which overlooks the Rhone River and represents the radiation of the generosity and charity Lyon. On the left,  rue de la “Barre”, Place Bellecour suggested by the building on the corner with the rue de la “République”. The famous sculpture of the Sun King is in the shadows …

The future begins with the representation of Philibert Delorme Gallery (8 Jewry Street, Old Lyon), as a reminder of antiquity and a great architect, inventor and manufacturer virtuoso. Of the building of a perfect mastery extends a facade, as a relic, from which arises from one of the windows  a spiral staircase (staircase at 2 rue St Catherine, Lyon-Terreaux) symbol of evolution of time and ending on a view of the universe where a shining star, a sun in egg-shaped egg … On top of these stairs, head of a lion sovereign(Place Gailleton-Lyon 2), which dominates and supports it by a ring.