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    Gentle Monsters: Painting and Reflections
    Gentle Monsters: Painting and Reflections
    Gentle Monsters: Painting and Reflections
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    Gentle Monsters: Painting and Reflections

    By PAUL ANTONESCU

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    Youll witness a rare experience: the sincere confession of an original artist painter, passionate of the colours strength and its influence on us. Besides getting captivated by Paul Antonescus paintings, youll read about his passion, his motivation, his artistic creed and his technique. Get flooded by the colours of his dreams, take the energy.

    The colours of the sunny south of France spring out of Paul Antonescus paintings, assuming captivating forms and relief. Paradise beings and gentle monsters look at you with surprising eyes.

    In the picturesque village Saint Paul de Vence, the artist mixes the colours of his imagination with memories of the four countries he lived in and with experience of thirty years of creation and many exhibitions.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAuthorHouse UK
    Release dateAug 14, 2012
    ISBN9781468503913
    Gentle Monsters: Painting and Reflections
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    PAUL ANTONESCU

    "Paul Antonescu was born in Bucharest. He lived many years in Switzerland and then moved to the south of France, attracted by its brilliant sunny colors. He paints since 30 years now a wonderful and quite personal world of fantasy creatures using different techniques and always loyal to his artistic creed: the power of color. Painting lovers enjoy his exhibitions around the world."

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      Book preview

      Gentle Monsters - PAUL ANTONESCU

      AuthorHouse™

      1663 Liberty Drive

      Bloomington, IN 47403

      www.authorhouse.com

      Phone: 1-800-839-8640

      © 2012 PAUL ANTONESCU. All Rights Reserved.

      No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

      Published by AuthorHouse 07/11/2012

      ISBN: 978-1-4685-0391-3 (e)

      Because of the dynamic nature of the Internet, any web addresses or links contained in this book may have changed since publication and may no longer be valid. The views expressed in this work are solely those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the publisher, and the publisher hereby disclaims any responsibility for them.

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      Special thanks to my wife Leila for her support and help.

      Many thanks to my friends for their review and feedback.

      Translation to English: professor Angela Ivas

      Contents

      1. The Confession of a Painter

      2. The Energy of Color

      3. Ready to Receive?

      4. Reflection & Resonance

      5. Good Colors

      6. Harmony

      7. The Energy Channel

      8. The Drawing-a key to our Imagination

      9. My Imaginary World

      10. Symbols within Symbols

      11. The Woman: Ideal Symbol of Beauty

      12. The Eyes, the Birds, the Fish

      13. My Gentle Monsters

      14. Simple Technique

      15. Paintings Illustrated by Verse

      16. Gentle Critics

      17. List of Paintings in chronological order

      18. Epilogue

      1. The Confession of a Painter

      « Transient in this world,

      I tried to fulfill my life by means of absolute love. »

      The writer Camil Petrescu

      From our first steps, Mother Nature wraps us generously in its universal colors but how discreetly it unveils just a little bit when we want to know and scarcely does it allow us to gain insight into its secrets!

      It’s hard for us, profanes, to imitate and steal its colors. How much we learned from the caves drawing the wild with our fingers dipped in mud and leaves. And then we picked up the chalk and our name was Renoir. And we melted ground and flowers coloring with their oil and sometimes our name was Van Gogh.

      Devoutly do I come trying to offer my share of color.

      The color my eyes can see, that my heart and soul can feel, when my hand strives to catch on canvas a piece of beauty. Sole in front of the canvas, I paint colors with most chromatic energy. The picture evolves in rounded curves to the space where my imaginary beings will fly, love or be loved. Sincere,

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