4 Winds - Sirocco Metal Print

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This piece is named after a southerly wind that blows from north Africa to southern Europe.

I painted this piece on unstretched canvas, while in Mexico (so that I could roll it up and fit it into a tube, on the plane). When I returned home, I had it glued to a 1/2" wood panel, which is set upon a 1" frame. This process is called marouflage. The wood is painted white.

The dimensions are approximate, as the wood panel was hand cut.

"Hi, I'm Claire Desjardins. It's really nice to meet you. I help to create happiness by infusing moments of joy in everyday lives." Claire Desjardins (b. 1965, Montreal) is an award-winning Canadian artist living and working in Gore, Quebec. Working primarily in painting, her formally driven work focuses on gesture and colour, emphasizing energetic, animated brush strokes and bold palettes. Her work is both highly abstract and highly personal, a dynamic expression of sentiments or reactions of which she is consciously unaware. She regularly exhibits her work in galleries and art fairs throughout North America. In addition, she frequently teaches painting workshops and has served as a jury member on several national art prizes....