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by Franck Maes
Painting : acrylic
80 x 130 x 3 cm 31.5 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch
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Signature
Hand-signed by artist
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Dimensions cm • inch
80 x 130 x 3 cm 31.5 x 51.2 x 1.2 inch Height x Width x Depth
Framing
Not framed
Artwork sold in perfect condition
Artwork location: France
Certainly for having known, observed and loved them all my life.
But I also love to paint humans so enigmatic and different from each other.
A master to think?
For nature Charles Darwin and Konrad Lorenz.
For painting, Edouard Manet, not only a genius but a magician.
A trigger?
My father, who introduced me to Africa, the bush and the animals he loved to observe from an early age.
Which work do you particularly care about?
Maybe "Kipépéo" (butterfly in Swahili) for the serene, almost Edenic atmosphere that emanates from it.
What if I were a wild animal?
They all have very difficult lives and I would hate to be one of them, except maybe a bird of prey, but my answer is the wild dog since that's the nickname given to me by my Maasai friends.
A beautiful emotion or meeting with the fauna?
There were so many that I couldn't choose, but I think it was the contact with elephants that gave me the most emotions, they are truly an extraordinary animal.
A missing animal that would come back?
The mammoth.
A fantastic animal that exists?
The pink elephant.
Favorite place, who particularly inspires you to create?
Africa and, in particular, Tanzania.
A mythical place?
The middle of the great Zairian forest, where even the pygmies did not go.
And the technique?
I haven't had any artistic training, so I'm discovering it day by day. They all have their attractions and drawbacks.
Emergencies?
We are living in dramatic and unprecedented times.
In a few years, tens of thousands of animals and hectares of forest have disappeared. I no longer remember who said that "man will soon be the victim of his own turpitude" but I agree with him perfectly.
We were a billion people on Earth 100 years ago (a drop in the history of mankind), there are now seven times more ...
I can't be optimistic anymore.
Advices ?
Enjoying painting, the quality of the work depends fundamentally on it.
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Galerie Créations Tropicales • France
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Presentation
Franck Maës was born in Brazzaville in 1962. He spent his childhood and part of his adolescence successively in Congo, Cameroon and Kenya.
The return to France is difficult. After graduating, he was just nineteen when he returned to Africa to become a safari guide, a passionate profession he still exercises today.
His Maasai friends have always nicknamed him "Mbwa Mwitu" which means "the lycaon or wild dog". It is this nickname that inspired his signature.
This quarter of a century spent in the bush rubbing shoulders with wildlife and the Maassai whose language he speaks has left an indelible mark on Franck Maës.
Through his paintings, he testifies and seeks to share his passion for these superb animals and these peoples with customs that have remained authentic.
After a first collection intended for sale, painted in oils with only three different colors, Franck discovers acrylic painting and embarks on a new adventure since 2011, thanks to a friend who knew his watercolors and had ordered a very colored.
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