Heat wave. Threading our way between the huge ships in the harbor. The sea already has the exact color I need… Athens hills disappear in our very long wake. Slaloming during hours through all those islands while sun goes down. You have to deserve Amorgos. Beauty commands patience. This is the moment when you get used to it again: just take your time. Time for photography, drawing, and a first slice of Greek sun. Dreaming of a place that will manage to amaze us. Again.
“Sundeck” ©AntoineRenault2015 acrylic on canvas 50x50cm
At the foot of the coolest restaurant on earth, it keeps on welcoming one or 2 little boats a day during high season. That’s where I took most of the photographs that inspired my 2014 paintings series. Water transparency is sublime. You fake you’re not sure you want to dive again… Let’s face it: you’re not feeling so bad either, on those warm old boards, whitened by the salt. Softly sanded by years of bare foot visitors bringing fresh fish and beer.
I know they were waiting for their GrandPa to sail back from another fishing afterenoon in his dear home made wooden dinghy. Sterna.Thermal wind is over. Laying comfortably at the edge, forcing the boat to heel over in order to optimize its trail. The very last miles can last an eternity. Beach is empty. Sun lower. Oranger. All right, let’s wait for an eternity.. till the aperitif time!