Chateau Orquevaux Artist Residency (Sept. 2023)
Tucked within the rolling countryside of France’s Champagne region sits a 1700’s French Chateau turned Artist and Writer’s Residency. I spent a month there, making art day and night with a community of over 20 artist from around the world.
This experience was pivotal, not necessarily in the work that it generated, but in the strength that came from a renewed and profound passion for living an artful life. This experience strengthened my sense of artistic merit and trust in my abilities and goes to show a lot can be attained from a supportive community.
Introductory Studies:
These smaller works functioned as stepping stones, both in a physical and emotional sense, to help me navigate and understand my new surroundings.
All acrylic and mixed media on paper 10”x 14”
A desire to map out both the terrain and the feeling of such a place. (Both 36”x 42” acrylic on paper)
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #5 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #8 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #14 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE, a series inspired from seeing numerous small villages that stud the countryside of Northeastern France as well as the incredible warmth and support I received on my travels.
< IT TAKES A VILLAGE (1-16) 11”x14” acrylic on Bristol 2023
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #4 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #6 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #9 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
< IT TAKES A VILLAGE #10-12 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol
IT TAKES A VILLAGE #15 11”x 14” acrylic on bristol