From Pixels Into Paint
Ste. Catherine Street, Montreal
Last June, a French artist named Franck Chambrun emailed me to say that he had created a number of paintings based on my Montreal and Hong Kong photos. I took a look at his work and, I have to say, I’m smitten, and it’s not just because he likes my photos.
Chambrun’s paintings of streetscapes are unique and eye-catching. Although they are essentially abstract — the city’s detail is reduced into layers of colour — they manage to convey the clutter, frenzy and humanity of urban life. The ostensible simplicity of his work belies a tremendous amount of depth and nuance.
To make many of his paintings, Chambrun projects a photo onto canvas and works from there. More of his work, including some interesting behind-the-scenes photos and commentary, can be found on his blog.
Causeway Bay, Hong Kong
Mount Royal Avenue at Rivard Street, Montreal
Jean-Talon Street in Park Extension, Montreal
Tags: Hong Kong, Montreal, Painting
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October 2nd, 2007 at 2:29 am
slutsky says:
That’s awesome. And also a kind of weird coincidence as a joint exhibition I have going up next week was originally gonna include paintings my friend Dan Buller made of my photos; we didn’t have time to make that happen so that project will manifest sometime this winter.
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:02 pm
Alice says:
Dude, that is so cool! :)
October 8th, 2007 at 5:23 pm