This is a constantly moving border. According to where those ripples are, in the sun or the shade ? the wave in the sun or under a shadow ? Depending on wether the side facing the sun or the other. Switching from the sky blue reflections to the sea green transparencies. This graphical sophistication fascinates me. Add some foam hems to spark some mesmerizing whites… and I’m thrilled!
“Liquescent” ©AntoineRenault2016 acrylic on canvas 100x70cm
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
One of the most splendid beaches on the South coast of Amorgos. Underwater caves are just wonderful. You feel like wandering through those seascapes for hours.
“Mouros blue” ©AntoineRenault2015 Acrylic on canvas 160X110cm
Then comes the moment when you can’t resist it. Blow up the still, the smooth. Turn green reflections into white foam and purple shadows. Draw a perfect circle of spray.
“Hair Splash” ©AntoineRenault2015 Acrylic on canvas 100x100cm
I like the posture in this picture.
“Marée haute” ©AntoineRenault2015 acrylic on canvas 70x50cm
August bath on the rocks. Photographed under October sun. “La Clère” beach, Noirmoutier.
“Marée basse” ©AntoineRenault2015 acrylic on canvas 70x50cm
No better place to paint than my ocean side studio in Noirmoutier.
2016-2021 New art book. Limited edition of 200. Signed and numbered. A selection of 32 paintings created between summer 2016 and 2021. Printed in July 2021. I’ll be happy to include a personal dedication if you wish. 15€ + shipping costs (France: 6€. International:12€) . To order one, please send me a message via the Contact form, or a DM in Instagram.
Art book Antoine Renault summer 2021
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2015-2016 My whole 2015-2016 body of work, presented in the show “îles” in Noirmoutier (August 2016), then in Paris Expo4Aart (Sept) and OFI Art (Sept-Oct). Click on the pic below: you’ll be able to flip through the book and order it. I recommend the format “couverture rigide + jaquette”.
Best of 2013-2015
ArtBook ©AntoineRenault2015
50 pages – 25 paintings (close up on left page, full frame on right one)
Hard cover 21x21cm – 8,3×8,3′.
Very limited edition. Sold at cost (35€)+shipment (Europe:11€, World: 16€)
Want one ? Please place an order there. With some kind words if you want a signed one.
Coming out of the blue, in yellow, by a late August afternoon. La Clère beach. Hot sun, warm sand. Dip into the water to watch the kids. Running back to the beach, playing with the shore break. Those days, shadows can be beautiful.
“Nice hat!” ©AntoineRenault2015 Acrylic on canvas 100x70cm
Going back to the same place again. That’s fine. Sometimes it can be OK. This pier did not change. A bit more rusty after 2 years. It looks like it does not even care about the scary East wind storms.
™ Testing the Water – ©ARenault2015 – 40x60cm
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.
Sailing in very light winds requires quite some talent. Connivance with the streams. Know his mount. How her shape behaves through a slow motion swell? How she react to soft touch on the bar? The spinnaker shines, proud to be the one engine. The keel stretches, released. So few bubbles at the surface of this glassy sea? Less than 3 knots… Take it easy.
™ Chillin’in the blue ©ARenault2015 100x100cm