Carole Ebtinger

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In pigment, ink, pastel and charcoal, Carole Ebtinger pays tribute to the splendour of nature: colourful flowers that grow rampant, blossoming trees, fish wriggling about merrily, wagtails and robins quacking, and the enchanting blue of dusk. Grafted into the tradition of impressionism, with attention to the beauty of the moment, in loose, flat brushstrokes as sweeps that melt into flowers before your eyes, and accompanied by a subtle play of light and colour, she sketches the ‘joie de vivre’ that budding nature carries within itself. However, the first works in the Terres rares series were created after a break-up. Fragments of sentences in which the artist addressed her former lover and their relationship, were translated into works and matching titles (La rose est sans pourquoi, À travers nos rayons, Une couronne de fleurs déposée sur mes épaules). It would become a series that paid tribute to them as a couple. The dry, earthy tones that set the tone at first, were brightened by the sun over time to more colourful variants. Together with the flowers, they were ready for a new beginning, a new life. And in that new life, the eternal return of the creative force of nature and joyful memories of the past unfolded.