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"Sporting
guns collector"
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You, who followed my course, painting
after painting,
You, who saw my very first brush strokes 9 years ago,
look how this canvas is the
quintessence of the previous ones!
No doubt! This
one is signed Cyrille Jubert.
Don't search further, here is the sign just under the name
of Purdey.
I wish I could add like them:
"by appointment of HM the queen"
Though, I do my best for that !
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This labrador with a bull's neck and
a short nose is a bitch called Rwanda. It's curious how different
could be two labradors. Have you seen the reflection of the
white fur on her black belly ?
.. and her brown changing fur in the sun light ?
On the image above, you see in foreground a strange object.
It's a lark mirror that I bought a few years ago. It's made
with beautiful emerald and ruby in real plastic.
The copper axis turns
in the wooden post. Do you see the two holes in the copper
? You have 2 different ropes wound around the axis, allow
you to make the mirror turn. You see what I mean
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This painting was a commission for the 50th birthday of
a great sportsman, Benoit du P.. As I was impressed by his sporting guns
collection, in so different leather and wooden boxes, I chose to focus on
them. On the original photos, there were 14 gun bags or suitcases. As I
built the project on my PC, assembling the photos with Photoshop, I felt
there were too much light and not enough colours. So I came back once more
at my client's home and hanged that beautiful red curtain that was previously
in the drawing room. As the first photos has been done in june 2004 and
the last in october 2005, the sun rays were very different. In june, they
were enlighting the left wall, in october, the right one. I reversed half
of the photos.
The painting itself took me about 2 months and a half. Of course, it was
not finished for the birthday, but it was already impressive. The day after
the birthday party, I came back to borrow the painting again and spent two
more weeks on it. As I wanted more contrast, I added a glaze nearly everywhere.
It was quite a different painting when I brought it back.
Here is this beautiful pair of Purdey's sporting guns. Look at the wood
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What will be the subject of the new painting ?
Which hobby or passion shall I have to describe ? I hope a commission on
harnessing, I dream of golf, polo and yachting...
You will see that soon. Right now, I am writing my book describing these
first years as a painter. It's a big project to handle and it takes a lot
of time and energy.
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Let me a word in my guest-book,
so I could send you an e-mail when I show a new painting
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