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LIZ SCOTTA
About the artist
Liz Scotta is a teacher, an illustrator, an urban sketcher, a collage artist and a watercolor painter. The first half of her life was spent
in Connecticut, Mexico, and New York City. When she’s not traveling and sketching, she resides in San Francisco. She is the author of My
Sketchbook of San Miguel de Allende and Travels With a Sketchbook. Although you can count where Liz has lived on one hand: Connecticut,
Mexico; New York City, and San Francisco; as an Urban Sketcher she has traveled and drawn from Marrakesh to Mumbai, Paris to Philadelphia ,
San Francisco to San Miguel de Allende, New York City to York, England, and Boston to Budapest. Liz is an American visual artist well
recognized for her realistically rendered urban scenes. En Plein air, she sketches people in urban settings from life. In a world where
quick selfies and iPHONE images rule, she wants her illustrations to call attention to minute details that the observer frequently
overlooks. She does not erase. She draws using ink vs. pencil and sometimes she adds watercolors to her illustrations. Liz engages in
conversation with the people she draws to put them at ease and she allows them to take photos of her signed images and invites them to
follow her. She is most proud to have exhibited her work at the de Young Open 2020 Show. Her education includes a BA in Art History, MA
in Education and many City College San Francisco art classes along with Suhita Shirodkar and Zainab Tambawala’s workshop in Mumbai, and Tom
Hoffmann Watercolor classes in San Francisco, Oaxaca, and Walla Walla, WA.
You can see more of her work on her website www.lizscotta.com or on Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/lizscotta/
About this book
“Not Just Paris: Scenes From France" includes drawings, paintings, and collages. Experience France by peaking into iconic views along with
daily life. Travel visiting architectural marvels, water fountains and gardens, markets and museums, river and seaside sights, restaurants,
iconic stores, theaters and opera houses. This book will inspire your art, your travels and your time.
Michel Misho
"Back from Exile: A brush with Joy and Anxiety"
3 years after a successful exhibition at the Alliance Francaise in Bangkok while he was in covid exile, Misho is back with all new
Paintings. Through vibrant acrylic strokes and nuanced oil blends, this collection captures the emotional rollercoaster of reconnection,
celebrating newfound freedom after covid while acknowledging the lingering anxieties spawned by global events and conflicts. The acrylic
paintings burst forth with joy, echoing Misho's exuberant celebration of freedom. Yet, amid the jubilation, the oils tell a different
story, exploring the dance between elation and the haunting whispers of uncertainty. The canvases serve as a mirror to our collective
consciousness, inviting viewers to reflect on their own journey through the pandemic and the uneasy peace that follows. "Back from Exile"
is an immersive exploration of resilience, an ode to the human spirit's ability to find joy amidst chaos. Navigate through the canvases,
allowing yourself to be enveloped by the contrasting emotions. Like the artist, discover a renewed appreciation for the fragility and
beauty of life emerging from exile. 
Stéphane Blanchard
The Alliance Française de San Francisco invites you to discover Stéphane Blanchard on display in October, during a art
opening and a live performance on October 30th.
Né à Poitiers en 1967, Stéphane Blanchard intègre l’académie de Poitiers avant de se rendre à Paris puis à Londres.
En 1992, après un bref séjour au Canada, il arrive à San Francisco, ville aux multiples facettes où s’exprime un melting pot de cultures différentes mais convergentes, la plus européenne des villes des Etats-Unis. A San Francisco, la composante asiatique devient pour l’artiste, une source d’inspiration d’un point de vue professionnel mais aussi personnel.
Cependant, sa première influence est celle des fresques de la renaissance italienne; des années de perfectionnement à la technique minutieuse et à la couleur élaborée presque métaphysique créent la première plateforme du peintre qui, dans la fusion avec le nouveau monde, trouve son inspiration en créant ce que sera la technique qui le démarquera en le libérant des lignes formelles de la figuration aux lignes atemporelles de l’abstraction.
Matière, forme, couleur, dimension, profondeur…
La lumière vient de loin, de l’hypersensibilité à la couleur, à sa connaissance intime, comme une seconde peau qui l’enveloppe.
Un travail minutieux, un crescendo naturel qui part de notes crues voire cruelles, à celles presque imperceptibles d’une aube reflétée où les rayons du soleil filtrent à travers mille fissures, créé un jeu d’ombres et de lumières changeant selon le rythme du jour. C’est le concept de la matérialisation temporelle.
Le temps est un des sujets de recherche de l’artiste, comme matérialiser l’invisible, comme répondre avec des formes, couleurs et images hors des sentiers appartenant au domaine du “connu”, à l’évolution de l’homme ? Blanchard a sa propre vision, elle est faite d’harmonie, de distance, d’élégance. Aucune touche de couleur, de lumière et de matière n’est posée par hasard sur la toile.
Aucune restriction; au contraire, son travail évoque les grands espaces, l’infini, l’audace
Plus d'information: https://www.s-blanchard.com/?lang=fr
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