THIERRY GUILLEMIN
Fiddlers Hill Road
Acrylic on canvas,
48” x 36” in.
Path (Southern Catskills)
Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30” in.
In a Potter’s Studio (Catskills)
Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30” in.
En bas du Val Bruchon (Haut-Doubs, France)
Acrylic on canvas
40” x 30” in.
Deer In The Headlight (Maryland)
Acrylic on canvas,
40” x 30” in.
The origin of my world (Haut-Doubs, France)
Acrylic on canvas
48” x 48” in.
Wish I had a river (West River, Maryland)
Acrylic on canvas
30” x 40” in.
Morning Mist, Catskills
Acryllic on Canvas
36" x 24" in.
Private Collection.
Downtown L.A., Sunset
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30" in.
Blue Monday
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30” in,
Private Collection.
The Warm Embrace of Sadness
Acrylic on Canvas
40" x 30"
No Matter What
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24" in.
Lifeline
Acrylic Canvas
36" x 24" in.
Letting Go
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24" in.
Mining for Gold
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24" in.
Painting the Blues
Acrylic on Canvas
36" x 24" in
Artist Statement
Painting to me is a search, and in a sense a way of questioning and exploring my being in the world. For many years my work was purely abstract. This seemed to be how I could express most sincerely my inner response to life’s mystery and wonder. Looking for a balance of colors and rhythms that would touch something of the inner core, a resonance as deep and direct as the experience of music can be, not filtered by mental projections.
Unexpectedly this search for a sincere expression has led me over time - since we are being led by our work, rather than the opposite - to turn towards more realistic images. There seems to be an inner demand to integrate into my work images of places, moments, elements of stories - something I would have run away from a few years ago. It started with “figurative abstracts” where some of my abstract paintings would begin to include elements of the natural or urban imagery. My last show “When Time Stops” was almost entirely realistic, paintings of places particularly dear to my heart, treated with respect and affection, and much attention to light and to details. This form is something quite new for me to discover. What I find is that the same desire for sincerity can continue to be the guiding force of my work even though the form has changed so radically in appearance.
My paintings are uniquely mine, and you will experience them in a way that is uniquely yours. But something, sometimes, can be shared in this experience. When it happens, it is most precious.