Every Stroke a Feeling
Thick Paint as Living Gesture
Pigment built in ridges that catch the Provençal sun — each stroke carries visible intention across the canvas surface.
Color That Means, Not Mimics
Chrome yellow for joy, ultramarine for longing — the palette maps to feeling, never merely to what the eye records.
Flatness Learned from Hiroshige
Bold outlines and rhythmic pattern do the work of perspective, a lesson absorbed from Japanese woodblock prints.
The Mistral as Co‑Author
Arles wind and southern light pushed pigment to a saturation the grey north never once permitted.