“Poissons des grottes” styrocut, handprinted on Manilla.
The art of LIM. LIM stands for “less is more“. From architecture to painting and poetry, it is a movement also known as minimalism.
To me, LIM is getting to the essential, in a few strokes and no coming back. The difficult part being no coming back. Refraining the urge to fiddle more and more, add more shadows, elongate a few lines…restraining that feeling of anxiety that translate into adding more.
l’art du peu: LIM, less is more, ou moins c’est plus. Un mouvement, le minimalisme , en architecture, peinture, poésie .
Pour moi, LIM, c’est arriver à l’essentiel en peu de lignes, sans retouches. La difficulté réside dans le “sans retouches”. Retenir l’envie de pinailler encore et encore, d’ajouter des ombres, d’allonger des lignes…contenir ce sentiment d’anxiété qui se traduit toujours par en faire plus.
Great printmaking! Love the style colours and your constant sense of adventure and exploring new mediums
thank you Maureen, you inspired me with your lino and wood cuts! Thank you for seeing a sense of adventure in my way of working, made my day!
Very lively fishes! I love the drawings that appear on the side of the blog too! Really fabulous!
thank you Aletha.
A good philosophy to have (esp for poetry)
lovely fishies
thank you Gabrielle, yes a good philosophy!
These are lovely in their simplicity – is Manilla a kind of paper?
Manilla is a ocher colour paper quite absorbent and inexpensive. I use it a lot even if it is considered as an exercise paper . Thank you bluebee.